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> It just establishes that there are rights not listed in the Constitution. It provides no help whatsoever in determine what those rights are.

The opinion is asserting a government intentionally allowing lead poisoning does "not infringe upon any deeply rooted constitutional right". That's an assertion that no such right exists.

> One is looking to see if the alleged right is deeply rooted in history and tradition and implicit in the idea of ordered liberty.

Hilariously, the "deeply rooted in history and tradition" test is, itself, not rooted in history and tradition. It was established in 2022!

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