The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown.
In a world in which Justice Jackson either knew or suspected that at least five of the justices would grant temporary relief to the Trump administration if she didn’t, the way she structured the stay means that she was able to try to control timing of the Supreme Court’s (forthcoming) review—and to create pressure for it to happen faster than it otherwise might have. In other words, it’s a compromise—one with which not everyone will agree
I’m thinking she may also have timed things in a way that results in Democratic-run states, which largely attempted to rush money into peoples’ debit cards after the appeals court ruling, having a month of SNAP, while Republican-runs states, which did not, having some very hungry people.
I didn’t foresee Jackson going this way… A little disturbing. Perhaps I don’t understand.
This post claims to have an educated guess:
I’m thinking she may also have timed things in a way that results in Democratic-run states, which largely attempted to rush money into peoples’ debit cards after the appeals court ruling, having a month of SNAP, while Republican-runs states, which did not, having some very hungry people.