White House Seeks Help from Supreme Court After Failed Bid to Halt Food Stamp Aid Directive
Last Friday, immediately after a national appellate court ruled that the White House needs to fully fund nutritional assistance disbursements, the administration turned to the supreme court in a further bid to prevent the ruling.
A short time later, the highest court issued an urgent ruling temporarily blocking full nutrition assistance payments, which nearly 42 hundred thousand people depend on to put food on the table.
“Our attorneys persist in fighting, day and night, to defend and advance the administration's agenda,” the top legal officer declared on social media shortly after 9:30pm ET.
White House staff had requested the federal appeals court to block a judge's order requiring them to provide November’s complete food stamp benefits amid a federal closure, and faced refusal that afternoon.
America's Top Court Grants Emergency Order Stopping Full Snap Food Aid Disbursements
The top court's ruling followed the government asked a federal appeals court this past Friday to block a court ruling requiring them to distribute the upcoming full monthly food stamp aid amid a government funding lapse.
Subsequent to that appeal to stop was denied, the administration turned to the supreme court in a further bid to halt the ruling to fully fund nutrition assistance payments.
Additional Events Happened Today:
The federal government shutdown dragged public confidence in the US to a near record low in this month, according to a monthly survey carried out by the University of Michigan.
Campus populations at in excess of 100 colleges across the US demonstrated against the White House's assault on college education last Friday – the opening in a scheduled sequence of national, synchronized rallies.
Cornell University announced a resolution with the administration, emerging as the fifth university facing scrutiny by the US government to do so.
A Republican representative and staunch supporter of the White House has publicly started her long-anticipated race for state leadership.
The administration has granted clemency to a ex- athlete on past tax evasion and narcotics violations, citing the individual's later life commitment to faith and extended clean living.
