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Supreme Court extends full SNAP payment pause despite Ketanji Brown Jackson’s objection

The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended an administrative stay until Thursday on a lower court decision that required the Trump administration to make full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments during the ongoing government shutdown. The decision does not deny the legal merits of the case, but continues to place a pause on full payments of SNAP benefits for roughly 42 million Americans for another two days. While the Senate has passed a bill that would reopen the government, the […]

todayNovember 12, 2025 2

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Why Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court decision on SNAP benefits is a temporary move

On Friday (Nov. 7), Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson ordered a temporary pause to the full release of Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits by the Trump Administration, a decision that was immediately critiqued and criticized on social media, given that 42 million Americans rely on SNAP benefits and payments had become a hot-button issue in the ongoing government shutdown. However, the move only pauses some payments until the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reconvenes and […]

todayNovember 9, 2025 1