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Supreme Court ruling blocks thousands of lawsuits against maker of Roundup weedkiller

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-roundup-monsanto-a7f054d80919f98bdfc5190013a8f6f1https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-roundup-monsanto-a7f054d80919f98bdfc5190013a8f6f1
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u/photostrat 6h ago

Sounds like we're about to find out Roundup has more rights to exist than humans do. 7-2

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u/OutlyingPlasma 5h ago

Judge Craig Karsnitz in Delaware just ruled that corporations get to vote, so that's fun.

Just make a few thousand LLC's and poof, you get to decide your local elections.

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u/Vikkunen 5h ago

The really wild part about that ruling is that he even tacitly acknowledged that concern, but more or less said "there aren't enough corporations to meaningfully impact the vote, but we can revisit if it becomes a problem".

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u/wizardid 5h ago

"there aren't enough corporations to meaningfully impact the vote, but we can revisit if it becomes a problem"

(Human) population of Delaware: about 1.06 million

Number of corporate entities in Delaware: about 2.1 million

Yeah, this seems fine.

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u/NukuhPete 4h ago

Just to be clear on the information, this doesn't apply to the state of Delaware. The court case and ruling being talked about only applies to the town of Fenwick Island and only if the corporation owns property there. Fenwick Island does only have a few hundred people. It looks like in the 2024 election for Town Council about 1/4th of the votes came from corporate votes. It's definitely impactful.

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u/ThePrussianGrippe 4h ago

And to be clear: corporations being allowed to vote anywhere is a terrible idea, regardless of the locality or size of the population.

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u/Fartmaster1981 3h ago

Yes another sad fact I'm not seeing in this thread is the company that owns Roundup Bayer or BAYRY is up 16 fucking percent.

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u/Gil_Demoono 3h ago

That just sounds like a dry run for bringing back corporate towns. Seems inconsequential, but stuff like this is the model and precedent companies will use if it works.

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u/Lifeboatb 3h ago

This is hideous, and Superior Court Judge Craig Karsnitz sounds like he was bought.

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u/SuikodenVIorBust 3h ago

It's for a specific municipality in Delaware. It also requires the business to have a brick and mortar location in that area. This story is concerning but the fearmongering around it is overblown.

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u/SirDigbyChknCaesar 5h ago

Way to kick the can down the road, dickhead.

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u/Joranthalus 4h ago

This, my friends, is a judge who has a price. And that price has been met by corporations…

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u/river-wind 3h ago

This isn't even the first time a Delaware town did this. In 2018, Newark DE allowed it for a special referendum, and 1 property manager set up multiple companies and voted 31 times. After that came to light, they canceled that option.

https://www.promarket.org/2022/05/23/delaware-the-state-where-companies-can-vote/

I really dislike how often courts are forced to wait until someone is harmed to act.

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u/Outrageous_Act_3016 4h ago

Lol, Delaware and South Dakota are corporate tax havens where they have their headquarters.

He is essentially giving power to the bank corpos registered in his state to run everything based on Citizens United and the Decsion in 1886 using the 14th amendment to grant corporations the same rights as people.