BOSTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown.
A judge had given the Republican administration until Friday to make the payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. But the administration asked the appeals court to suspend any court orders requiring it to spend more money than is available in a contingency fund, and instead allow it to continue with planned partial SNAP payments for the month.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
BOSTON (AP) — Residents in some U.S. states began to receive their full SNAP food aid Friday as an appeals court left in place, for now, an order requiring President Donald Trump’s administration to fund the monthly benefits amid a U.S. government shutdown.
The interesting thing is that that picture speaks more to the problem than any other. That person obviously had a void in thier life. A lack of meaning or purpose. And trump took advantage of that void and used it for himself. If more people had a fullfilling life, there would be no room for trump. But we have been taking thier opportunities away for the sake of corporate profits, and to put this country in one of the top positions of power in the world. I think you can guess that I don’t think we made a good trade there.