US EditionTrump administration asks Supreme Court to block order on releasing SNAP benefits
The Trump administration contends Congress must resolve the funding lapse and warns of legal precedent risks with court-mandated SNAP payments during shutdowns, affecting 1 in 8 Americans.
- The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked a lower court's order for the Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits amid a government shutdown, which affects approximately 42 million low-income Americans.
- U.S. District Judge Jack McConnell ordered full payments to states, rejecting a partial funding request from the Trump administration.
- New York Attorney General Letitia James called the Supreme Court's decision a "tragedy" for those relying on SNAP for food aid.
- The Supreme Court's ruling allows the Trump administration to withhold about $4 billion in SNAP payments pending further appeals.
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Temporary suspension of an order requiring the administration to fully finance the food assistance programme (Snap) during the closure of the federal government for the shutdown
Supreme Court sides with Trump administration to temporarily block full funding for SNAP
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. Supreme Court has moved to temporarily block full payments necessary to fund SNAP, a program providing food support to millions of Americans with low incomes, after the Trump administration asked the court to hear its request to issue only partial payments in November. The administration filed with the Supreme Court after a federal appeals court declined to suspend a district judge’s order demanding the administ…
Supreme Court temporarily pauses ruling on November SNAP payments
Updated on Nov. 7 at 9:34 p.m. The Trump administration on Friday night asked the Supreme Court to pause a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island that requires the government to pay $4 billion to fully fund the federal food-stamp program for November. The “unprecedented” order by U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. “makes a mockery of the separation of powers,” U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer wrote. Sauer acknowledged that the “fu…
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