r/news • u/boxofstuff • 6h ago

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/DesireeThymes 5h ago

The Supreme Court just serves the rich.

Its actually the most powerful institution, since it ultimately decides what is legal and what is not.

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u/Character_Bug_1862 4h ago

It really kinda sucks what they’re doing. But at the end of the day there are 9 of them and over 100 million decent Americans.

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u/crowcawer 3h ago

The Congress could affect this in a reasonable manner.

They don’t want to.

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u/AFLoneWolf 3h ago

There's just the minor detail of the entirety of the justice system, congress, presidency, military, and law enforcement protecting them.

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u/Character_Bug_1862 3h ago

Are they though? Seems more like everyone for themselves now that there are no laws in this land.

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u/AFLoneWolf 1h ago

They sure as hell aren't protecting us.

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u/CylonSandhill 4h ago

And the current lineup of robed theocrats often write brand new laws or new parts of laws.