The HighWire(@HighWireTalk):"They had a jury problem. They had a you problem." This is it right here. @AaronSiriSG spells it out. Bayer sells about 10 billion dollars worth of glyphosate every year and had already paid out roughly 10 billion dollars for a single injury, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, from a single type of exposure. Their money bought influence over the executive branch and Congress, including an executive order declaring glyphosate a national security interest. What their money couldn't buy was a jury. Juries were the one place ordinary people could still hold them accountable. The ruling took that away.

2026.07.14 17:41

"They had a jury problem. They had a you problem." This is it right here. @AaronSiriSG spells it out. Bayer sells about 10 billion dollars worth of glyphosate every year and had already paid out roughly 10 billion dollars for a single injury, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, from a single type of exposure. Their money bought influence over the executive branch and Congress, including an executive order declaring glyphosate a national security interest. What their money couldn't buy was a jury. Juries were the one place ordinary people could still hold them accountable. The ruling took that away.