White House Seeks Help from High Court After Unsuccessful Bid to Block Food Stamp Payment Directive
This past Friday, immediately following a federal appeals court decided that the administration is required to completely finance food stamp benefits, the administration appealed to the supreme court in a new attempt to halt the order.
Within hours, the supreme court handed down an urgent ruling temporarily blocking full nutrition assistance benefits, which approximately 42 million people rely on to feed their families.
“Legal counsel continue fighting, continuously, to defend and advance the administration's priorities,” the attorney general announced on digital channels just after 9:30pm local time.
Administration officials had petitioned the US appeals court to overturn a judge's order requiring them to distribute this month's complete Snap benefits during a federal closure, and faced refusal hours later.
US Supreme Court Releases Temporary Injunction Halting Complete Nutrition Assistance Benefits
The high court’s order was issued after the government requested a US appellate court on Friday to stop a judicial directive mandating they issue November’s full monthly food stamp aid amid a government funding lapse.
Following that petition to block was denied, the government appealed to the nation's top court in a further attempt to halt the directive to fully fund nutrition assistance benefits.
Other Developments Transpired This Week:
The funding lapse brought consumer sentiment in the US to a historically low level in the fall, based on a ongoing study conducted by the educational institution.
Academic community members at more than 100 campuses nationwide protested the administration’s assault on higher education recently – the first in a organized set of countrywide, coordinated protests.
An Ivy League institution disclosed a agreement with the White House, emerging as the fifth college under investigation by the US government to settle.
A conservative representative and dedicated backer of the White House has formally begun her highly predicted campaign for governor.
The administration has granted clemency to a retired baseball great on previous financial and drug charges, citing the athlete's retirement adoption of faith and longtime sobriety.
