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Friday, June 26, 2026

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that consumers can't use state courts to bring "failure-to-warn" lawsuits against manufacturers that don't warn of hazards surrounding their products.

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First (but *not* last) ruling from #SCOTUS is in Monsanto. For a 7-2 Court (with Gorsuch and Jackson dissenting), Justice Kavanaugh holds that federal law *preempts* state-law failure-to-warn claim that would've required Monsanto to add a cancer warning to Roundup's label:

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-- Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social) 10:02 AM · Jun 25, 2026

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It's unbelievable that Kagan and Sotomayor sided with Alito and Thomas on anything!

#1 | Posted by Augustine at 2026-06-27 05:24 AM | Reply

I get it. Sure, it is insane, but all the Court is saying is that the law as written is there for the benefit of the big polluters and if you want to actually be able to sue the makers of Roundup, maybe elect sane pelicans for once.

#2 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-06-27 06:53 AM | Reply

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