White House Appeals to High Court After Unsuccessful Attempt to Halt Food Stamp Aid Order
Last Friday, just moments after a federal appeals court decided that the administration must fully fund food stamp benefits, the White House appealed to the nation's highest court in a further bid to prevent the order.
Not long after, the top US court issued an emergency order temporarily blocking complete food stamp payments, which nearly 42 thousand people depend on to put food on the table.
“Our attorneys persist in working, day and night, to protect and further our policies,” the attorney general declared on digital channels around 9:30pm in Washington.
White House staff had petitioned the US appeals court to block a judge's order mandating they issue this month's entire food stamp assistance amid a federal closure, and faced refusal hours later.
US Supreme Court Issues Emergency Order Halting Full Snap Food Aid Disbursements
The supreme court's ruling was issued after the government requested a US appellate court this past Friday to block a court ruling that it issue the upcoming complete food stamp aid amid a federal closure.
Following that petition to stop was denied, the administration appealed to the supreme court in a new bid to halt the order to pay for Snap food aid payments.
What Else Occurred Today:
The funding lapse brought consumer sentiment in the US to a significant downturn in the fall, based on a regular poll carried out by the University of Michigan.
Students, faculty and staff at in excess of 100 colleges across the US rallied against the White House's challenge to higher education last Friday – the first in a scheduled sequence of countrywide, organized demonstrations.
The New York university announced a resolution with the administration, emerging as the fifth college under investigation by the federal government to settle.
A GOP representative and staunch supporter of the administration has officially launched her much-expected race for state leadership.
The president has granted clemency to a former athlete on past tax evasion and drug charges, citing the player's later life embrace of spiritual beliefs and extended clean living.
