In today’s episode of HighImpactVlogs, the host breaks down a major Supreme Court decision that sided with Monsanto (now owned by Bayer) in a landmark case involving its weed killer Roundup. In a 7-2 ruling written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the Court held that federal pesticide labeling laws preempt state-level lawsuits accusing Monsanto of failing to warn users about alleged cancer risks from glyphosate. Only Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Neil Gorsuch dissented. The vlogger ties this to broader themes of corporate protection by elites, massive lobbying expenditures versus billions in revenue, prior multi-billion-dollar settlements by Bayer, and questions about EPA safety approvals—framing it as another example of “the big club” that ordinary Americans aren’t part of.
