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Hope this is true for other states as well.

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[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 26 points 1 week ago

These SOCIALIST BLUE STATES giving Starving Kids MY Tax Dollars! WHY can't they give that Money DIRECTLY to Walmart INSTEAD and Cut out the MiddleKids!

[–] ravenaspiring@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The ruling is for many if you read it:

The courts also found that the USDA has $23 billion in Section 32 funds that it could use for SNAP. Today, the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island ruled that the administration must immediately restore full benefits to families, including the 5.5 million California recipients.

[–] macncheese@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Yea, I'm sadly so doubtful of this administration's compliance of court orders I just can never be sure it's really happening. Ah how far we've fallen.

[–] ravenaspiring@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And hours later it's reversed by Scotus temporarily.

The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown, even though residents in some states already have received the funds.

A judge had given the Republican administration until Friday to make the payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. But the administration asked an appeals court to suspend any court orders requiring it to spend more money than is available in a contingency fund, and instead allow it to continue with planned partial SNAP payments for the month.

After a Boston appeals court declined to immediately intervene, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued an order late Friday pausing the requirement to distribute full SNAP payments until the appeals court rules on whether to issue a more lasting pause. Jackson handles emergency matters from Massachusetts.

Her order will remain in place until 48 hours after the appeals court rules, giving the administration time to return to the Supreme Court if the appeals court refuses to step in.

[–] macncheese@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Man I'm glad California moved quickly but this is a cluster...

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To bad Oklahoma decided to listen and will only follow what Trump decides not courts.

[–] zabadoh@ani.social 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Many other states didn't move as fast as California, and didn't distribute SNAP funds before the beloved SCOTUS issued a freeze on SNAP payments pending the Trump administration appeal. https://www.koco.com/article/appeals-court-ruling-trump-snap/69292456

Judge Jackson, what are you doing? I thought you were all cool and that.

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Someone in another thread posted this link, which basically opines that because the conservative justices would very likely have overruled her denial of a stay and then offered an open-ended stay regardless of any other factors, Judge Jackson jumped in to limit the stay to 48 hours, forcing a quick decision. It's a bit more complex than that, of course, but the writer thinks the wording of the stay itself is highly unusual.

Well worth the read, even for non-lawyers, and easy to understand.

[–] macncheese@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks for sharing this. I kind of figured there would be some legal or strategic reason Justice Jackson would move this way. Seems she was stuck between a rock and a hard place and acted to try and enact the least worst option.

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

No problem, I thought the same. She's very consistent and I did not see her doing that unless there was an upside to it. ~~Apparently, however, in the interim between my comment and yours the full court has decided and the SNAP funding is blocked anyway.~~ Props to @silence7@slrpnk.net who first posted the link.

Edited to correct and add: My bad, it was another reference to Justice Jackson's extended stay and the full court has NOT ruled yet. My apologies.

[–] macncheese@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Ugh this is what I was worried about like is money really hitting accounts across the board? I guess not, this is a mess.

[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 7 points 1 week ago

Great to hear that. To hell with the Orange Turd.