Administration Seeks Help from High Court Following Failed Attempt to Halt Snap Aid Directive
On Friday, immediately following a federal appeals court decided that the administration is required to completely finance Snap food aid disbursements, the administration sought intervention from the nation's highest court in a further bid to prevent the order.
Not long after, the highest court issued an urgent ruling provisionally halting full food stamp benefits, which approximately 42 million people count on to buy groceries.
“Our attorneys persist in working, around the clock, to support and promote the administration's agenda,” the attorney general announced on social media around 9:30pm local time.
Administration officials had asked the US appeals court to block a court ruling that it issue this month's full monthly nutritional benefits amid a federal closure, and had their request rejected hours later.
America's Top Court Grants Urgent Ruling Halting Entire Snap Food Aid Payments
The top court's order was issued after the administration petitioned a federal appeals court this past Friday to stop a judicial directive that it issue November’s entire Snap aid throughout a US federal government shutdown.
After that request to halt faced refusal, the White House appealed to the high court in a further bid to block the directive to completely finance nutrition assistance disbursements.
What Else Transpired Today:
The government closure brought economic outlook in the US to a near record low in November, based on a monthly survey carried out by the Michigan University.
Students, faculty and staff at over 100 universities throughout America demonstrated against the White House's challenge to college education recently – the initial in a organized set of national, organized demonstrations.
An Ivy League institution announced a settlement with the government, becoming the fifth college facing scrutiny by the American authorities to reach such agreement.
A Republican representative and staunch supporter of the White House has formally begun her long-anticipated gubernatorial bid.
The White House has issued a pardon for a retired sports star on previous tax fraud and drug charges, citing the individual's retirement adoption of religion and extended clean living.
