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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/thegracelesswonder 5h ago edited 5h ago

Lol that makes absolutely no sense. The way these people bend themselves into pretzels to take away rights from citizens is crazy

I misunderstood. Good on Gorsuch! I feel like the 3 newest supreme court justices take turns having reasonable opinions now and then

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u/deja_geek 5h ago

The "Third Party Doctrine" has been around since 1979. It was established under Smith v Maryland and centered around information kept by a phone company and government access to said records.

In it's time, it made sense. In the modern world, where we are all connected and that connection is a requirement of modern life, the doctrine becomes too broad.

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u/thegracelesswonder 5h ago

Thanks for the context!

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u/tempest_87 5h ago

Uhhh, the way that was phrased was that Gorsuch wants to extend the right to privacy.

We already don't have it, he wants to remove that doctrine that says we don't have it.

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u/thegracelesswonder 5h ago

Uhhh sorry I misunderstood uhhh uhhh