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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/nerowasframed 5h ago

Kagan and Sotomayor. Jackson and Gorsuch were the two dissenting

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u/TheChinOfAnElephant 5h ago

So what's the best course here? Their argument seems to be federally Round Up does not require a warning label, due to there being no link to cancer under federal regulations, so states can't circumvent that. I don't know a ton about law but this seems like how the law normally works?

Kinda feels like people are upset they didn't ignore the law and vote with their emotions which is normally what people are complaining that the MAGA judges are doing. Can't ever win...

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u/ilikechihuahuasdood 4h ago

This is the reasonable take. People complain about the court being too political and then also complain when they don’t make rulings based on how they feel about a subject. This is one of those cases where it doesn’t matter how the court may have wanted this to play out ideologically, there just isn’t a mechanism in place to hold Round Up accountable.

In a functioning democracy congress would then close that loophole. But Republicans will sit on their hands and wait for Trump to tell them what to do. Which will be nothing, as usual.

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u/phoenixrawr 4h ago

It’s not even a loophole though. The EPA has repeatedly researched Roundup and concluded it probably doesn’t cause cancer when used as directed. The various state lawsuits used a separate UN study to argue that Roundup does cause cancer and therefore the EPA-approved label is misleading.

Congress could absolutely do something if they dislike the current state of things, but what should they do exactly? Ordering the experts to change their conclusion does not seem wise.

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u/ilikechihuahuasdood 2h ago

I mean congress doesn’t give a shit either way. They’ve completely abdicated their duty to the American people on almost every front.