Administration Seeks Help from Top Court Following Unsuccessful Attempt to Block Food Stamp Payment Order

Last Friday, just moments after a national appellate court decided that the administration is required to fully fund food stamp benefits, the administration turned to the US top court in a new attempt to prevent the order.

Within hours, the highest court handed down an emergency order provisionally halting complete food stamp funds, which close to 42 hundred thousand people depend on to feed their families.

“Government lawyers will not stop working, around the clock, to support and promote the president's priorities,” the top legal officer stated on digital channels shortly after 9:30pm in Washington.

White House staff had asked the federal appeals court to stop a judge's order that it provide the upcoming full monthly Snap benefits during a federal closure, and was denied later the same day.

America's Top Court Grants Urgent Ruling Stopping Entire Snap Food Aid Disbursements

The high court’s order came after the government petitioned a US appellate court on Friday to stop a court ruling that it distribute the upcoming full monthly Snap aid amid a US federal government shutdown.

Subsequent to that appeal to stop was denied, the government turned to the supreme court in a additional attempt to prevent the order to completely finance nutrition assistance disbursements.

What Else Happened This Week:

• The federal government shutdown pulled economic outlook in the US to a near record low in the fall, based on a regular poll carried out by the University of Michigan.

• Academic community members at more than 100 universities nationwide protested the White House's attack on higher education on Friday – the first in a planned series of national, coordinated protests.

• An Ivy League institution revealed a resolution with the administration, emerging as the fifth college under investigation by the federal government to do so.

• A Republican representative and dedicated backer of the president has formally begun her long-anticipated campaign for governor.

• The administration has granted clemency to a ex- baseball great on earlier tax evasion and narcotics violations, referencing the individual's post-career embrace of faith and extended clean living.