Administration Appeals to Top Court Following Failed Attempt to Halt Snap Payment Directive
Last Friday, just moments following a national appellate court ruled that the government must pay for Snap food aid benefits, the federal government turned to the nation's highest court in a new effort to block the directive.
Within hours, the top US court issued an temporary injunction temporarily blocking entire Snap food aid benefits, which nearly 42 thousand people count on to feed their families.
“Government lawyers will not stop fighting, around the clock, to defend and advance the administration's priorities,” the top legal officer announced on social media around 9:30pm ET.
Administration officials had asked the appellate court to stop a judge's order that it distribute this month's entire food stamp assistance amid a US federal government shutdown, and had their request rejected later the same day.
The High Court Releases Urgent Ruling Stopping Full Nutrition Assistance Benefits
The supreme court's decision came after the White House petitioned a federal appeals court on Friday to halt a judge’s order requiring them to issue the upcoming full monthly food stamp benefits amid a US federal government shutdown.
After that request to stop got rejected, the government turned to the high court in a further attempt to prevent the order to fully fund food stamp benefits.
Other Developments Transpired Today:
The federal government shutdown dragged public confidence in the US to a near record low in the fall, as reported by a ongoing study conducted by the educational institution.
Campus populations at over 100 colleges nationwide rallied against the administration’s challenge to university system recently – the initial in a scheduled sequence of countrywide, organized demonstrations.
Cornell University disclosed a settlement with the White House, becoming the fifth university facing scrutiny by the federal government to settle.
A GOP lawmaker and staunch supporter of the administration has publicly started her long-anticipated campaign for governor.
The administration has granted clemency to a retired baseball great on earlier financial and drug charges, mentioning the player's retirement embrace of religion and longtime sobriety.
