Roundup Lawsuits Blocked

Supreme Court limits Roundup cancer claims, favoring Bayer/Monsanto.

‘The decision is sickening’: MAHA leaders feel betrayed by Supreme Court ruling on Roundup weed killer

Supreme Court sides with Monsanto in case over cancer risks from weedkiller Roundup

Big Pesticide Won At The Supreme Court. It Still Does Not Speak For Farmers.

Summary

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The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 for Monsanto and its owner Bayer, finding that federal pesticide-labeling law bars state-law claims that Roundup should have carried a cancer warning. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion, while Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch. The decision is expected to block or sharply limit thousands of lawsuits from people who allege Roundup’s key ingredient, glyphosate, caused cancer, including claims like Missouri plaintiff John Durnell’s. The ruling gives Bayer a major victory after years of costly litigation and large verdicts, and shifts pressure to Congress or federal regulators if warning-label rules are to change.

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MAHA Backlash

Prominent Make America Healthy Again figures reacted angrily to the ruling, saying the court and Trump-aligned conservatives betrayed a movement focused on chemical exposure and chronic disease. Commentators framed the decision as a political shock for MAHA activists who had expected stronger action against glyphosate and large agribusiness interests.

Opinion Analysis

Opinion writers split over the broader meaning of the decision, with one arguing Bayer’s win should not be equated with farmers’ interests and another comparing Monsanto’s legal strategy to Big Tobacco’s playbook. A pro-ruling analysis cast the lawsuits as scientifically weak and said the court properly curtailed claims over Roundup’s alleged cancer risks.