White House Turns to High Court After Failed Attempt to Stop Food Stamp Payment Order
On Friday, shortly following a national appellate court determined that the government is required to fully fund Snap food aid disbursements, the White House appealed to the nation's highest court in a new attempt to halt the ruling.
Not long after, the top US court issued an urgent ruling provisionally halting entire nutrition assistance benefits, which close to 42 hundred thousand individuals depend on to put food on the table.
“Legal counsel will not stop battling, day and night, to support and promote our priorities,” the attorney general stated on online platforms just after 9:30pm ET.
Government representatives had asked the US appeals court to stop a court ruling mandating they issue November’s full monthly nutritional assistance during a US federal government shutdown, and was denied that afternoon.
US Supreme Court Issues Temporary Injunction Halting Entire Nutrition Assistance Payments
The top court's ruling was issued after the government asked a US appellate court this past Friday to block a judicial directive that it distribute this month's entire food stamp assistance during a government funding lapse.
Subsequent to that appeal to stop was denied, the White House sought help from the high court in a additional effort to halt the ruling to pay for nutrition assistance payments.
Additional Events Happened Today:
The federal government shutdown brought public confidence in the US to a near record low in this month, based on a regular poll carried out by the University of Michigan.
Students, faculty and staff at over 100 universities throughout America demonstrated against the government's assault on higher education on Friday – the first in a planned series of nationwide, coordinated protests.
Cornell University disclosed a agreement with the administration, emerging as the fifth institution under investigation by the US government to reach such agreement.
A GOP representative and staunch supporter of the White House has publicly started her much-expected gubernatorial bid.
The administration has granted clemency to a ex- baseball great on previous tax fraud and drug charges, citing the individual's retirement commitment to faith and extended clean living.
