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Jade A. Craig

Jade A. Craig

Sep 28, 2026

11:55
So what is a citizen to do if you feel like you have a right to something and you learn, as you've taught us just now, that you don't necessarily have a right to that thing, but you know you have a reasonable expectation for that thing? What's your remedy? What's your legal recourse?
12:15
Well, I think you have several strategies to pursue.
12:20
So there are, you know, the innovative legal theories like the state created danger doctrine, wherein if the state provides a particular service like roads or water, they have an obligation to provide it in a way that avoids personal injury or liability.
12:41
And that, you know, perhaps in this case, In the Jackson Water case were framed differently or this theory was more targeted, you know, to the exclusion of the constitutional rights approach used at the start of the litigation.
12:56
You know, they might have a different outcome.
12:58
Certainly there's a different outcome in different circuits, different appeals courts that have considered similar questions.
13:06
There's also the use of other statutory rights to get at that particular expectation.
14:31
Is there anything else you'd like to add that might surprise people about what their rights are or are not?

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