Government Seeks Help from Supreme Court After Unsuccessful Attempt to Block Snap Payment Order
This past Friday, shortly following a national appellate court determined that the government must completely finance Snap food aid benefits, the federal government sought intervention from the nation's highest court in a further bid to block the order.
Not long after, the highest court issued an emergency order provisionally halting full Snap food aid benefits, which approximately 42 hundred thousand people count on to put food on the table.
“Legal counsel persist in fighting, day and night, to support and promote our policies,” the attorney general stated on digital channels just after 9:30pm in Washington.
White House staff had asked the US appeals court to block a judicial decision requiring them to distribute November’s full monthly food stamp payments during a US federal government shutdown, and faced refusal that afternoon.
US Supreme Court Issues Urgent Ruling Stopping Entire Nutrition Assistance Benefits
The top court's order followed the government requested a federal appeals court last Friday to block a judge’s order requiring them to distribute November’s entire food stamp assistance during a US federal government shutdown.
Following that petition to block was denied, the government appealed to the high court in a additional effort to prevent the order to completely finance Snap food aid disbursements.
What Else Transpired Today:
The government closure pulled economic outlook in the US to a historically low level in November, as reported by a monthly survey administered by the educational institution.
Campus populations at more than 100 campuses nationwide demonstrated against the government's attack on higher education on Friday – the initial in a organized set of nationwide, synchronized rallies.
The New York university disclosed a agreement with the government, emerging as the fifth college under investigation by the US government to do so.
A Republican representative and staunch supporter of the White House has officially launched her much-expected campaign for governor.
The White House has granted clemency to a retired sports star on past tax fraud and substance offenses, citing the player's later life commitment to religion and extended clean living.
