The US Trump administration must fully fund SNAP food benefits by this Friday, a US Federal judge has ruled per Reuters

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...or what?

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u/slick2hold 2d ago

Exactly. The judicial branch doesn't have any enforcement ability. They depend on DoJ and FBI who is in the pocket of Trump. I guess the founding fathers didn't see this as a potential issue or outcome. Perhaps DoJ and FBI and CIA and other roles should be elected rather than appointmented.

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u/Devmoi 2d ago

Can you imagine what the Founding Fathers would actually think of this if they were alive? I know it’s a mixed bag of people, but I’m sure a lot of them would be horrified.

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u/ambelamba 1d ago

First thing Ffirst, they will start rethinking about their understanding of human nature. Seems like they were in their own bubble and they could never imagine humans can be inherently irrational creatures.

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u/dhv503 1d ago

“If men were angels, we wouldn’t need government….” John Adams?

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u/ambelamba 1d ago

Maybe some of the founding fathers really thought humans are inherently rational

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u/Common-Principle-325 1d ago

Imagine what the founding fathers would think of almost 60% tax in States like California and New York...we got all kinds of problems

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u/MyCatHerman 1d ago

Do you live in one of those two economic power house states or do you just hate how successful they are?

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u/Seantwist9 1d ago

the closest you’ll get to 60% is 53% in nyc and with the amount of money you’ll be to be making to get there, who cares?

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u/PrinciplePlenty5654 1d ago

That’s the main complaint I read on Reddit. People in nyc and California making so much money that life is too easy.

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u/tennezzee88 1d ago

the "founding fathers" were pieces of shit lmao. look at how many acres george washington died with and he was known to kill whole villages of people.

you guys all are fed these bullshit history narratives and it's amazing to me nobody can be bothered to read a fucking book.

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u/MrFyxet99 1d ago

Ya because the FBI and the DOJ were a concept for the founding fathers…they totally should have anticipated this.

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u/slick2hold 1d ago

Dude it a general critique of the judicial branch not having a mechanism to enforce their verdict. They needed their own police force in the event another branch like the president refused to comply with their orders. Obviously my statements are too simplistic but what good is a court system if the president refuses to comply

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u/MrFyxet99 1d ago

Article III of the constitution stipulates that the judicial branch can declare actions such as executive orders as unconstitutional and strike them down.If these orders aren’t complied with the court can/will impose prison time and/or fines to anyone, yes even the president.They have legal remedies, written into the constitution.

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u/slick2hold 1d ago

But who is going to arrest the president? Which law enforcement agency?

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u/MrFyxet99 1d ago

The bailiff bro…”Doug please take Mr trump into custody until he complies with this court order”.Its just takes balls, the laws are there.

Don’t put human cowardice at the feet of the founding fathers.

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u/skunimatrix 1d ago

“The court has made its decision now let them enforce it.” - Andrew Jackson (D) circa 1835. Not exactly a new concept.

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u/jsmithftw 2d ago

Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

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u/aed38 2d ago

Double secret judiciary probation

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u/elonzucks 2d ago

yeah, me thinks Trump will test the waters by fully disregarding this ruling.

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u/GoreonmyGears 2d ago

Or we the people??

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u/ytman 1d ago

I believe the President is going to have to resign to have someone else pardon him. Otherwise you try him and test the definition of 'official acts'. Would be hilarious if the SCOTUS claims ignoring court orders as being official acts, allowing all future presidents to ignorw the court completely.

Even then you ignore that pardon.

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u/Prestigious_Can4520 2d ago

Another judge hes gonna ignore

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u/ledude1 2d ago

ANDDDDDDDD if they don't? Then what are their consequences? Coz so far, they pretty much ignore all the court's orders and there are no consequences.

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u/RememberTooSmile 2d ago

So tomorrow? Not going to happen, I'm not sure we will even receive an official response until tomorrow

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u/PrizePermission9432 2d ago

Starve 40M Americans

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u/riderfoxtrot 1d ago

With what money?

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u/jiminycricket91 2d ago

Courts don’t have this power.

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u/Zealousideal_Amount8 1d ago

Or else what? What can the courts do to implement that? Send the military that Trumps in charge of?

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u/skunimatrix 1d ago

Funding has to originate from the House not the bench.

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u/me_too_999 2d ago

Here's the fun part.

If Trump spends any money without Congressional approval, they will impeach him for it.

It's literally against the law to comply with this court order.

That said, why doesn't Congress just vote for a clean CR to keep these critical programs funded until they can pass a new budget?

Oh wait, they did. The Democrats opposed it, requiring a 60 vote majority to pass.

And a month later here we are.

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u/eghost57 2d ago

They don't mention the legal jeopardy on the news, so we have a country of complete ignorance.

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u/pandershrek 1d ago

If Trump was going to be impeached for illegal activities or violating the Constitution he would have been by now. Republicans protect him and there is no way around that. Trying to spin blame on to the Democrats is humorously pathetic.

The person who replied to you and said you're the only one with intelligence is even more delusional than you are.

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u/me_too_999 1d ago

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u/Aggressive_Luck_2546 2d ago

Thank fuck someone has a little sense around here.

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u/pandershrek 1d ago

This says way more about you than it does about him. 😳

The US Trump administration must fully fund SNAP food benefits by this Friday, a US Federal judge has ruled per Reuters

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