Kudos to the Trump administration for stepping up to save Roundup from sleazebag trial lawyers:
"The Supreme Court in June asked the Trump administration to weigh in, and Solicitor General John Sauer on Monday appeared to side with the company. The EPA has “repeatedly determined… pic.twitter.com/4UiubfrnDS
— Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) December 2, 2025
The Trump administration is backing Monsanto in its effort to get the Supreme Court to shield it from liability over cancer claims related to its Roundup weedkiller, a move that could anger the Trump administration’s allies in the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement.
The Trump administration filed a brief with the Supreme Court arguing that lawsuits alleging that Monsanto failed to warn consumers of the health impacts of its Roundup weedkiller are preempted by federal law.
The brief comes in support of Monsanto’s effort to get the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court’s ruling that the company had to pay damages for failing to warn about its product’s health impacts.
The Trump administration’s brief notes that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers Roundup ingredient glyphosate not likely to be cancer causing and has approved its use.