High court’s order comes after appeals court rejected Trump administration’s request to block November benefits

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/38674008

The supreme court has issued an emergency order temporarily blocking full Snap food aid payments.

The high court’s order came after the Trump administration asked a federal appeals court on Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly food stamp benefits amid a US federal government shutdown.

After that request to block was denied, the Trump administration turned to the supreme court in a further attempt to block the order to fully fund Snap food aid payments.

The application to stay reads: “If forced to transfer funds to Snap to make full November allotments, there is no means for the government to recoup those expenditures – which is quintessential irreparable harm. Once those payments are made, there is every indication that the States will promptly disburse them. And once disbursed, the government will be un-able to recover any funds. Worse, these harms will only compound if the decision below stands.

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    19 hours ago

    How many reasons do the Dems need before they start seriously talking about adding at least 4.seats to the Supreme Court? That’s the kind of bold promise that many people will vote for, especially if they are in interracial or gay marriages, because those won’t survive another MAGA administration.

    And when we take our country back, we also need to impeach Clarence Thomas, and imprison both him and his treasonous bulldog wife.

    It’s time to re-balance the Supreme Court.