White House Seeks Help from High Court After Unsuccessful Bid to Stop Food Stamp Payment Directive
This past Friday, shortly after a federal appeals court ruled that the government is required to pay for food stamp benefits, the administration sought intervention from the US top court in a additional bid to block the directive.
A short time later, the highest court issued an emergency order immediately suspending full Snap food aid funds, which nearly 42 hundred thousand individuals rely on to buy groceries.
“Legal counsel will not stop battling, continuously, to support and promote our policies,” the top legal officer stated on social media around 9:30pm local time.
Government representatives had petitioned the US appeals court to stop a court ruling that it issue this month's full monthly food stamp payments amid a US federal government shutdown, and had their request rejected later the same day.
US Supreme Court Releases Temporary Injunction Stopping Full Nutrition Assistance Payments
The high court’s decision followed the government asked a federal appeals court this past Friday to halt a court ruling that it issue November’s complete nutritional aid during a federal closure.
Following that petition to halt was denied, the administration turned to the supreme court in a further bid to block the directive to completely finance Snap food aid disbursements.
What Else Transpired Today:
The funding lapse dragged economic outlook in the US to a near record low in this month, based on a ongoing study carried out by the Michigan University.
Campus populations at over 100 colleges across the US protested the government's attack on college education last Friday – the initial in a planned series of countrywide, coordinated protests.
An Ivy League institution disclosed a settlement with the administration, becoming the fifth university under investigation by the American authorities to reach such agreement.
A GOP lawmaker and staunch supporter of the White House has publicly started her highly predicted race for state leadership.
The president has pardoned a ex- athlete on past tax evasion and narcotics violations, referencing the individual's later life adoption of religion and longtime sobriety.
