White House Seeks Help from Top Court After Failed Bid to Stop Snap Payment Order
Last Friday, immediately following a federal appeals court decided that the government must fully fund Snap food aid disbursements, the administration appealed to the US top court in a additional effort to prevent the order.
Not long after, the supreme court issued an emergency order immediately suspending full nutrition assistance payments, which approximately 42 million people depend on to put food on the table.
“Our attorneys persist in fighting, day and night, to support and promote the administration's agenda,” a senior official announced on digital channels just after 9:30pm ET.
White House staff had requested the US appeals court to overturn a court ruling mandating they provide November’s full monthly food stamp assistance in the middle of a US federal government shutdown, and had their request rejected hours later.
US Supreme Court Releases Emergency Order Blocking Complete Nutrition Assistance Payments
The supreme court's decision followed the administration requested a federal appeals court this past Friday to stop a judicial directive that it issue the upcoming complete Snap benefits throughout a government funding lapse.
Following that petition to block was denied, the government turned to the high court in a new attempt to halt the order to fully fund food stamp payments.
What Else Happened This Week:
The funding lapse dragged consumer sentiment in the US to a near record low in the fall, based on a regular poll conducted by the Michigan University.
Campus populations at more than 100 colleges throughout America demonstrated against the government's attack on university system last Friday – the initial in a scheduled sequence of countrywide, organized demonstrations.
An Ivy League institution disclosed a settlement with the White House, emerging as the fifth college under investigation by the federal government to do so.
A Republican congresswoman and staunch supporter of the administration has officially launched her long-anticipated campaign for governor.
The administration has pardoned a retired athlete on past tax fraud and substance offenses, mentioning the individual's later life embrace of religion and longtime sobriety.
