White House Appeals to Supreme Court Following Failed Attempt to Halt Snap Aid Directive
On Friday, just moments following a federal appeals court determined that the government must fully fund nutritional assistance benefits, the administration turned to the supreme court in a additional attempt to halt the directive.
Not long after, the top US court released an emergency order immediately suspending full nutrition assistance payments, which close to 42 million Americans count on to buy groceries.
“Our attorneys persist in battling, around the clock, to defend and advance the administration's policies,” a senior official stated on social media shortly after 9:30pm local time.
White House staff had petitioned the US appeals court to stop a judicial decision requiring them to provide this month's entire food stamp benefits in the middle of a US federal government shutdown, and had their request rejected later the same day.
America's Top Court Grants Urgent Ruling Stopping Complete Snap Food Aid Payments
The top court's ruling was issued after the government asked a federal appeals court this past Friday to block a court ruling requiring them to distribute the upcoming entire nutritional assistance amid a US federal government shutdown.
After that request to stop faced refusal, the White House sought help from the high court in a additional effort to block the directive to completely finance Snap food aid disbursements.
Other Developments Happened Recently:
The government closure brought consumer sentiment in the US to a historically low level in this month, based on a ongoing study carried out by the University of Michigan.
Academic community members at over 100 colleges across the US demonstrated against the government's assault on university system recently – the first in a scheduled sequence of countrywide, coordinated protests.
An Ivy League institution revealed a resolution with the White House, making it the fifth university facing scrutiny by the US government to settle.
A conservative representative and staunch supporter of the White House has formally begun her highly predicted campaign for governor.
The president has pardoned a former athlete on earlier tax fraud and substance offenses, citing the player's later life embrace of religion and longtime sobriety.
