Government Turns to Supreme Court After Unsuccessful Attempt to Block Food Stamp Aid Order

This past Friday, shortly following a federal appeals court determined that the White House is required to completely finance Snap food aid benefits, the administration turned to the US top court in a new effort to halt the order.

A short time later, the supreme court issued an emergency order temporarily blocking entire nutrition assistance funds, which nearly 42 hundred thousand Americans rely on to put food on the table.

“Our attorneys continue battling, around the clock, to defend and advance our priorities,” the attorney general declared on social media shortly after 9:30pm local time.

Administration officials had petitioned the US appeals court to stop a judicial decision that it issue the upcoming entire nutritional assistance in the middle of a federal closure, and was denied later the same day.

The High Court Issues Emergency Order Blocking Entire Food Stamp Benefits

The supreme court's order followed the administration requested a federal appeals court last Friday to halt a court ruling mandating they issue November’s full monthly nutritional assistance during a government funding lapse.

Following that petition to block faced refusal, the administration sought help from the supreme court in a new bid to prevent the directive to pay for food stamp payments.

Other Developments Occurred Recently:

• The funding lapse pulled public confidence in the US to a significant downturn in this month, according to a ongoing study administered by the University of Michigan.

• Students, faculty and staff at more than 100 universities nationwide demonstrated against the administration’s assault on college education recently – the initial in a planned series of national, coordinated protests.

• Cornell University announced a resolution with the administration, making it the fifth university facing scrutiny by the federal government to do so.

• A Republican representative and dedicated backer of the administration has officially launched her much-expected race for state leadership.

• The president has granted clemency to a former sports star on earlier tax fraud and substance offenses, referencing the athlete's retirement adoption of spiritual beliefs and years of abstinence.