Publication Date
4-2017
Abstract
This Essay conceptualizes the Flint water crisis as an archetypical case of underenforcement—that is, a denial of the equal protection of laws guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. Viewed as such, the inadequacy of environmental regulation can be understood as a failure that extends beyond the confines of Flint; a failure that demands a far more expansive duty to protect vulnerable populations.
Recommended Citation
David A. Dana and Deborah Tuerkheimer,
After Flint: Environmental Justice as Equal Protection,
111
Nw. U. L. Rev.
879
(2017).
https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/nulr/vol111/iss3/7
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