JUST IN: The Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to stop — by 9:30 tonight — the court orders requiring payment of full November SNAP benefits.
Nov 8, 2025 · 12:03 AM UTC
People talk about due process but forget how much of government turns on late-night emergency filings.
When leaders treat food aid for millions as a chess piece on a 9:30pm clock, that tells you where their priorities really are.
The urgency is never for you. It's always for the system to protect itself.
@kyledcheney this is intentional…The administration is deliberately letting SNAP benefits run aground to trigger a judicial confrontation over executive control during shutdowns. They want to provoke a lawsuit. Why? Because it creates a courtroom opening to legitimize selective enforcement of welfare during a “lapse in appropriations.”
This is what they’re gunning for:
A legal doctrine that allows them to say: “We’re not killing the program, we just don’t have the funds to pay it and we have discretion on how to ration what little we have.”
They’re trying to establish that even “mandatory” welfare programs become subject to executive reinterpretation once a shutdown begins.
they’re trying to assert that shutdowns override previously passed spending laws.
If a court backs this? Boom: Medicaid, Social Security, unemployment insurance all can be argued to be “optional during crises” if Congress is gridlocked.
In other words, we’re one appeal away from agencies being able to “interpret” their way out of feeding people.
If that APPEAL ruling gets overturned later, then executive agencies will have precedent to nullify benefit programs in emergencies without repealing them.
Playing with peoples' food security, refusing to "provide for the general welfare" is unconscionable. SCOTUS: JUST SAY NO! There were no hardships in paying Argentina $40b. There is absolutely no excuse to not pay. We can no longer assume "in good faith" that there is a hardship or obstacle to overcome.
Yeah, the order was issued by your black DEI hire hero Ketanji Brown-Jackson. Comments????
Supreme Court grants Trump last minute order blocking SNAP payments dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
