"Roughly 42 million Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to help cover the cost of groceries and other necessities, like baby formula. Driving the news: "This unprecedented injunction makes a mockery of the separation of powers. Courts hold neither the power to appropriate nor the power to spend," the administration's attorneys argued in the filing."
""Indeed, if every beneficiary of a mandatory spending program could run to court and force the agency to transfer funds from elsewhere, the result would be an unworkable and conflicting plethora of injunctions that reduce the federal fiscto a giant shell game." Catch up quick: U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell rebuked the administration on Thursday for delaying the release of the funds, saying that "people have gone without for too long" from the bench. He then ordered the USDA to make the full payment Friday."
About 42 million Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for groceries and necessities such as baby formula. Administration attorneys contended that a court injunction forcing fund transfers would violate the separation of powers because courts lack authority to appropriate or spend federal funds. The attorneys warned that permitting beneficiaries to seek judicial transfers would create conflicting injunctions and undermine federal fiscal management. U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell rebuked the administration for delaying funds, stating people have gone without for too long, and ordered the USDA to make a full payment Friday. The president stated SNAP payments would occur only after a shutdown, defying multiple court orders.
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