Supreme Court Issues Emergency Order Blocking Full SNAP Payments – KXL

WASHINGTON, DC (AP) – Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson temporarily halted an order requiring the Trump administration make full Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program November payments by Friday, November 7.

A federal appeals court had left an order in place that required the administration to provide full SNAP food benefits for November. A U.S. district judge had given the administration until Friday to make the payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Some states, such as California, New Jersey and Wisconsin, have already started distributing the payments. The ongoing court battle adds to weeks of uncertainty for the food program, which serves about 1 in 8 Americans.