US EditionLegal Analyst Weighs in on the Latest with SNAP
The Supreme Court halted use of a USDA contingency fund to fully pay SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans during a government shutdown, pending appellate review.
- On Nov. 7, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson ordered a temporary pause on full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments, suspending a lower-court order amid a government shutdown affecting 42 million Americans.
- The Department of Justice petitioned the high court to stay the order, arguing funding and separation-of-powers issues needed appellate review after the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island directed the USDA to use a contingency account for full November SNAP payments.
- The administrative stay will terminate forty-eight hours after the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals resolves the pending motion; Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote the stay halts use of a separate USDA nutrition account.
- The USDA had planned to distribute November SNAP benefits at 65 percent of typical maximum allotments, and advocates warned interruptions could strain households that depend on SNAP.
- Efforts to reopen the government have failed in the U.S. Senate 14 times, most recently falling six votes short of 60, and if the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refuses the stay, the Justice Department will likely seek Supreme Court review.
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Last Friday night, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, granted a request by the Trump administration, to temporarily stay a lower court ruling, which ordered the government to fully fund SNAP for the rest of this month, until the First Circuit Court of Appeals weighed in on the case. ABCNews.com reported it straight on Friday: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the pause will remain in effect until the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…
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