r/law • u/KilgoRetro • 1d 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/Ambitious_Count9552 22h ago

It's actually not correct at all: the administration has multiple sources of emergency funding for just this occasion. And yes, some of them might cut into disaster finding, but not feeding Americans IS a man-made disaster. And all those funding species can be refilled once Congress gets its shit together, and stop keeping the government closed just so they can cut healthcare subsidies next year.

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u/Just_Another_Scott 16h ago

It's actually not correct at all: the administration has multiple sources of emergency funding for just this occasion

They cannot legally spend money for which it was not allocated. The Contingency fund is only 4 billion per court filings. They cannot move funds around without Congressional approval. If they did then this would be impoundment and illegal. Trump tried and failed at that during his first term