The Supreme Court took a case regarding liability protection for glyphosate after the Trump administration filed a brief urging them to take it.
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The Joe Rogan ExperienceNov 6, 2026
The sources confirm the Supreme Court took the glyphosate case (Monsanto v. Durnell), ruled for Monsanto in June 2026, and that the Trump administration filed amicus briefs backing Bayer, including a Dec. 1 brief.
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… So both of these things were completely done without Bobby Kennedy throughout any policy process. So did they get the liability? Yeah, yeah, the Supreme Court ended up siding with the case, which they wouldn't have taken without that brief and urging from the administration to take it. That's something that gives people cancer, that's known to give people cancer, gets liability protection. It's indefensible. …
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Contradicts. A White House official disputed Means's allegation that the DOJ's Supreme Court memo was drafted by Heidi Overton, undercutting the account of who wrote the brief urging the Court to act.[3]
Supports. The Supreme Court heard and decided Monsanto v. Durnell, reversing the Missouri judgment and shielding Monsanto from failure-to-warn liability, and the Trump administration's Solicitor General's office filed amicus briefs supporting Bayer.[2][3][4][5][6]
Supports. A Dec. 1 Trump administration amicus brief supporting Bayer's position is reported, which could predate a cert-stage decision, consistent with the claimed sequence.[1]
Context. No source states that the administration's brief urged the Court to take the case or that the grant depended on it; the 'wouldn't have taken without that brief' assertion comes only from Means, the claimant.[3][7][8]
Sources
8 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 5 not rated
- 1Politicians Say Glyphosate Weedkiller Causes Cancer But ...factcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Supreme Court of the United Statessupremecourt.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Top RFK Jr. ally bashes Trump admin after quittingpolitico.com · tier 2 · cited for: contradicts, supports, context
- 4Supreme Court sides with herbicide maker in lymphoma case | Coastal Reviewcoastalreview.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5MAHA vs. Trump over Supreme Court glyphosate case ...cnbc.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6MAHA to protest outside of Supreme Court over RoundUp casewashingtonexaminer.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Calley Means: Bayer's Glyphosate Win Shows How Lobbyists Captured Trump's Health Policyfinance.biggo.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 8The Battle Over Glyphosate Inside Trump's White Housedtnpf.com · not rated · cited for: context
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