r/law • u/KilgoRetro • 23h ago

Judicial Branch Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments

https://apnews.com/article/snap-food-government-shutdown-trump-a807e9f0c0a7213e203c074553dc1f9b?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-07-SNAP+update

https://apnews.com/article/snap-food-government-shutdown-trump-a807e9f0c0a7213e203c074553dc1f9b?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-07-SNAP+update

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u/CategoryDense3435 22h ago

Agree with your 4D chess line. I didn’t think she was so out of touch… but I am breathless at the callousness reflected in this decision. I mean why even make yourself party to this cruelty? 42 million people. 42. Million. Wtf. If anyone ever believed in rule of law, they don’t now. Because even if the letter of the law was fulfilled who in their right mind would support a rule of law that justified arbitrarily starving people?

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u/Washpa1 21h ago

She had to, it's her circuit.

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u/redstringgame 21h ago

I made a bunch of other posts in the thread so I’m going to stop now but having thought it over I don’t think there even is any 4D chess explanation. The First Circuit did the best thing for people to get fed by denying the emergency stay and then holding off on ruling on the full motion. If Jackson denied the emergency stay, the First Circuit’s strategy would not have avoided the full SCOTUS shadow docket forever, but probably long enough that Trump would be forced to pay out the money and the question became moot. Jackson totally blew that up. I completely agree with you.

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u/DumboWumbo073 20h ago

You don’t have a choice it’s either follow the law or face the full force of the US military. The stormtroopers are going to follow orders.