"The U.S. Supreme Court late Friday temporarily blocked a lower court order that required the Trump administration to fully fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits as the government shutdown drags on with no end in sight. One wrinkle in the case is that the Supreme Court order, which came after the Trump administration appealed the lower court directive, was handed down by liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Her brief order came after the Massachusetts-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit opted not to swiftly intervene in the case."
"Jackson, who is tasked with handling emergency issues from the 1st Circuit, wrote that her administrative stay in the case will end 48 hours after the appeals court issues a ruling in the case. The justice's order came after states across the U.S. had already begun distributing SNAP benefits after a district court judge directed the Trump administration to release billions of dollars in funds by Friday. "Some people woke up Friday with the money already on the debit-like EBT cards they use to buy groceries," reported."
Food banks are operating in disaster response mode after a U.S. Supreme Court order temporarily blocked a lower court directive to fully fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. The temporary stay was issued by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson after the Trump administration appealed the lower court order and after the 1st Circuit did not intervene swiftly. Jackson wrote that her administrative stay will end 48 hours after the appeals court issues a ruling. The justice's order arrived after many states had already begun distributing SNAP funds following a district judge's directive to release billions of dollars by Friday. Some recipients reportedly found funds already loaded on their EBT cards. The ongoing government shutdown continues to create uncertainty for food banks and beneficiaries.
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