White House Appeals to Supreme Court Following Failed Bid to Stop Food Stamp Aid Order
Last Friday, immediately after a federal appeals court determined that the administration is required to pay for food stamp benefits, the federal government turned to the supreme court in a additional effort to prevent the ruling.
A short time later, the highest court handed down an urgent ruling temporarily blocking full nutrition assistance benefits, which nearly 42 thousand individuals depend on to buy groceries.
“Our attorneys continue fighting, continuously, to support and promote our priorities,” the attorney general stated on digital channels shortly after 9:30pm local time.
Administration officials had petitioned the US appeals court to overturn a judicial decision requiring them to issue this month's entire nutritional benefits amid a US federal government shutdown, and faced refusal later the same day.
US Supreme Court Issues Emergency Order Blocking Full Snap Food Aid Payments
The high court’s order followed the White House petitioned a national appeals court on Friday to stop a court ruling mandating they distribute November’s full monthly nutritional benefits amid a government funding lapse.
Following that petition to stop got rejected, the government appealed to the high court in a further effort to halt the order to pay for Snap food aid benefits.
Additional Events Happened This Week:
The government closure brought public confidence in the US to a historically low level in the fall, according to a regular poll conducted by the educational institution.
Academic community members at over 100 campuses nationwide protested the government's challenge to higher education recently – the opening in a scheduled sequence of national, coordinated protests.
An Ivy League institution disclosed a resolution with the government, emerging as the fifth institution being examined by the federal government to do so.
A Republican congresswoman and strong ally of the administration has formally begun her long-anticipated campaign for governor.
The White House has granted clemency to a retired baseball great on previous tax evasion and substance offenses, referencing the athlete's post-career embrace of spiritual beliefs and longtime sobriety.
