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The US Supreme Court has granted review in Bayer's high-profile Durnell case over Roundup weedkiller lawsuits, agreeing on January 16 to decide whether federal pesticide labeling laws preempt state failure-to-warn claims, a move that could limit thousands of pending cases and prompted Bayer shares to surge. Reuters reports the court also took up a related patent dispute involving Amarin's "skinny label" for a heart drug, setting the stage for rulings by June that may reshape pharmaceutical litigation. On the emergency docket, a recent 6-3 shadow ruling curtailed federal courts' use of nationwide injunctions, potentially reviving blocked policies on healthcare, abortion medication, and gender care amid ongoing disputes. Chief Justice John Roberts emphasized on Wednesday that the Constitution remains firm and unshaken ahead of the court's packed 2026 slate, which includes oral arguments this month on President Trump's power to remove Federal Reserve officials, challenges to Executive Order 14,160 on birthright citizenship, West Virginia's ban on transgender athletes in girls' sports under Title IX, and Second Amendment cases like United States v. Hemani testing gun bans for drug users and Hawaii's restrictions on concealed carry. The court also denied an emergency bid to oust a Fed board member and declined to hear an appeal from a Whitmer kidnap plot leader. Rulings on Trump's global tariffs, alongside Voting Rights Act and Colorado conversion therapy cases, are slated for announcement tomorrow, January 20.

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