Supreme Court temporarily blocks full SNAP benefits
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Justice Brown Jackson's pause of SNAP disbursement allows the lower court time to consider the appeal lodged by the Trump administration.
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson temporarily halted an order requiring the Trump administration make full Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) November payments by Friday. Jackson’s ruling pauses some of the payments until the U.
The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to temporarily withhold $4 billion needed for SNAP benefits amid a government shutdown. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's administrative stay offers more time for lower courts to decide on funding issues.
The move effectively pauses a ruling from US District Judge John McConnell in Rhode Island, who had earlier demanded the administration release full SNAP payments using contingency and child nutrition funds.
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has temporarily stopped an order demanding the Trump administration disburse full November SNAP payments b