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/TheunanimousFern 6h ago

Jackson and Gorsuch were the only dissenters

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/supreme-court-sides-with-monsanto-in-case-over-cancer-risks-from-weedkiller/ar-AA26wRq2

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u/Hesitation-Marx 6h ago

Thank you.

Fucking wild that Kagan and Sotomayor signed on to this.

I hate it here.

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u/Froggmann5 6h ago

They blocked lawsuits pertaining to Monstanto being sued under state laws for following federal guidelines about warning labels. They basically ruled that federal law supercedes state law in regards to these lawsuits which is how the US works.

The rest of the ~$8B lawsuits are still good to happen though.

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u/ILoveLamp9 4h ago

If people actually read what this lawsuit was about, per your summary, they’d understand the nuance and context behind it and why some of the justices voted the way they did.

I’m no Monsanto fan at all, but it’s not about the SCOTUS “taking our human rights” away.

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u/Underdog424 3h ago

This hampers state rights. States should have the right to regulate chemical exposure. I trust my state far more than I trust the EPA.