White House Seeks Help from Top Court After Failed Bid to Stop Snap Payment Directive
On Friday, just moments following a national appellate court decided that the administration is required to pay for food stamp disbursements, the White House turned to the supreme court in a further effort to prevent the directive.
Not long after, the highest court handed down an urgent ruling temporarily blocking full food stamp payments, which nearly 42 million Americans depend on to put food on the table.
“Our attorneys persist in working, around the clock, to protect and further the administration's policies,” the attorney general declared on social media just after 9:30pm ET.
Administration officials had petitioned the federal appeals court to overturn a judicial decision that it issue this month's entire food stamp payments during a federal closure, and was denied hours later.
US Supreme Court Issues Urgent Ruling Stopping Full Food Stamp Benefits
The high court’s order came after the administration asked a US appellate court on Friday to stop a judicial directive that it provide November’s complete Snap assistance during a US federal government shutdown.
Following that petition to stop faced refusal, the administration sought help from the high court in a additional effort to block the directive to completely finance Snap food aid benefits.
What Else Transpired This Week:
The federal government shutdown pulled economic outlook in the US to a historically low level in November, based on a ongoing study conducted by the educational institution.
Students, faculty and staff at in excess of 100 colleges across the US rallied against the White House's assault on college education recently – the first in a scheduled sequence of nationwide, synchronized rallies.
The New York university announced a resolution with the government, making it the fifth university facing scrutiny by the American authorities to do so.
A conservative representative and strong ally of the administration has officially launched her long-anticipated campaign for governor.
The president has pardoned a retired athlete on previous financial and substance offenses, mentioning the individual's later life adoption of faith and extended clean living.
