Government Appeals to High Court After Unsuccessful Attempt to Stop Food Stamp Aid Directive
Last Friday, just moments following a federal appeals court decided that the White House is required to completely finance Snap food aid payments, the White House turned to the supreme court in a additional attempt to halt the ruling.
Within hours, the supreme court issued an emergency order provisionally halting complete food stamp benefits, which approximately 42 million individuals depend on to feed their families.
“Our attorneys will not stop fighting, day and night, to support and promote our priorities,” the attorney general declared on online platforms shortly after 9:30pm ET.
White House staff had requested the US appeals court to overturn a court ruling mandating they provide November’s complete nutritional payments during a federal closure, and had their request rejected later the same day.
America's Top Court Releases Temporary Injunction Halting Entire Snap Food Aid Benefits
The top court's ruling was issued after the White House asked a federal appeals court on Friday to block a judge’s order requiring them to provide this month's full monthly nutritional aid amid a federal closure.
Following that petition to block was denied, the administration appealed to the supreme court in a further bid to prevent the directive to fully fund food stamp benefits.
What Else Transpired Today:
The government closure pulled economic outlook in the US to a historically low level in November, according to a monthly survey carried out by the University of Michigan.
Academic community members at more than 100 colleges throughout America protested the government's challenge to college education last Friday – the first in a scheduled sequence of nationwide, coordinated protests.
An Ivy League institution announced a resolution with the administration, becoming the fifth college being examined by the US government to do so.
A Republican congresswoman and strong ally of the White House has publicly started her much-expected race for state leadership.
The administration has pardoned a retired athlete on earlier tax evasion and drug charges, citing the individual's retirement commitment to faith and years of abstinence.
