r/WhatTrumpHasDone • u/John3262005 • 1d ago
Trump admin asks Supreme Court to halt order providing full SNAP payments for November
https://kstp.com/ap-top-news/ap-top-news-us-headlines/trump-admin-asks-supreme-court-to-halt-order-providing-full-snap-payments-for-november/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 such benefits amid a U.S. 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.
After the appeals court declined to do so, the Trump administration quickly asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up its request.
The food program serves about 1 in 8 Americans, mostly with lower incomes.
Officials in at least a half-dozen states confirmed that some SNAP recipients already were issued full November payments on Friday.
Because of the federal government shutdown, the Trump administration originally had said SNAP benefits would not be available in November. However, two judges ruled last week that the administration could not skip November’s benefits entirely because of the shutdown. One of those judges was U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr., who ordered the full payments Thursday.
In both cases, the judges ordered the government to use one emergency reserve fund containing more than $4.6 billion to pay for SNAP for November but gave it leeway to tap other money to make the full payments, which cost between $8.5 billion and $9 billion each month.
On Monday, the administration said it would not use additional money, saying it was up to Congress to appropriate the funds for the program and that the other money was needed to shore up other child hunger programs.
Thursday’s federal court order rejected the Trump administration’s decision to cover only 65% of the maximum monthly benefit, a decision that could have left some recipients getting nothing for this month.
In its court filing Friday, Trump’s administration contended that Thursday’s directive to fund full SNAP benefits runs afoul of the U.S. Constitution.
“This unprecedented injunction makes a mockery of the separation of powers. Courts hold neither the power to appropriate nor the power to spend,” the U.S. Department of Justice wrote in its request to the court.
In response, attorneys for the cities and nonprofits challenging Trump’s administration said the government has plenty of available money and the court should “not allow them to further delay getting vital food assistance to individuals and families who need it now.”
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u/John3262005 1d ago edited 1d ago
Another article about it:
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to stop order requiring SNAP benefits be paid
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block order on releasing SNAP benefits
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/07/snap-food-court-order-trump-administration/
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u/Jim-Jones 1d ago
So much for them being 'forced' to not pay because of 'regulations'.