Administration Turns to High Court Following Failed Attempt to Stop Food Stamp Payment Order
Last Friday, shortly after a federal appeals court ruled that the administration needs to pay for food stamp payments, the White House sought intervention from the nation's highest court in a additional bid to block the ruling.
Not long after, the top US court handed down an temporary injunction immediately suspending full food stamp payments, which nearly 42 hundred thousand individuals rely on to buy groceries.
“Legal counsel persist in fighting, day and night, to protect and further our priorities,” the attorney general declared on digital channels shortly after 9:30pm local time.
Administration officials had asked the US appeals court to block a judicial decision that it issue this month's entire Snap benefits in the middle of a US federal government shutdown, and was denied later the same day.
The High Court Releases Emergency Order Stopping Full Snap Food Aid Disbursements
The top court's ruling followed the White House asked a national appeals court last Friday to halt a judicial directive mandating they issue the upcoming entire Snap benefits amid a US federal government shutdown.
Following that petition to block got rejected, the White House turned to the supreme court in a new effort to prevent the ruling to pay for Snap food aid payments.
Other Developments Occurred Today:
The funding lapse pulled consumer sentiment in the US to a significant downturn in the fall, based on a regular poll conducted by the University of Michigan.
Students, faculty and staff at more than 100 campuses nationwide rallied against the administration’s attack on higher education on Friday – the initial in a planned series of nationwide, coordinated protests.
An Ivy League institution announced a agreement with the government, making it the fifth institution being examined by the federal government to settle.
A conservative congresswoman and dedicated backer of the White House has formally begun her much-expected gubernatorial bid.
The administration has granted clemency to a ex- sports star on past tax fraud and substance offenses, citing the player's later life embrace of religion and extended clean living.
