A federal appeals court on Friday evening denied Trump’s request to block an Obama judge’s ruling forcing his administration to fund the SNAP program amid the Schumer Shutdown.
The First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Judge John McConnell’s order forcing the Trump Administration to fully deliver the SNAP benefits to states on Friday.
“The evidence shows that people will go hungry, food pantries will be overburdened and needless suffering will occur,” Judge McConnell said to the DOJ lawyer on Thursday. “Last weekend, SNAP benefits lapsed for the first time in our nation’s history. This is a problem that could have and should have been avoided.”
More than 40 million Americans rely on SNAP benefits, and the $5 billion emergency fund was not enough to cover the program for November.
The judge ordered the Trump Admin to take funding for child nutrition programs and redirect it to the overwhelmingly lazy SNAP recipients.
A small percent of Americans actually need SNAP benefits to help them along but millions are now abusing the system.
The Trump DOJ immediately appealed the Fist Circuit Court’s decision to the Supreme Court.
DOJ Solicitor General John Sauer asked for the Supreme Court to respond by 9:30 pm ET Friday night.
Fox News reported:
A federal appeals court on Friday denied a Trump administration request to temporarily block a lower court ruling requiring the government to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program amid the government shutdown.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit ruling comes as the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday said it is working to comply with a judge’s order to fully fund the program for November.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Jack McConnell rejected the administration’s effort to only partially fund the benefits program for some 42 million low-income Americans for November as the shutdown drags on, giving the government 24 hours to comply.
In a letter sent to all regional directors of the SNAP program, Patrick Penn, deputy under secretary for USDA’s Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, said, “FNS is working towards implementing November 2025 full benefit issuances in compliance with the November 6, 2025, order from the District Court of Rhode Island.”
After the appeals court ruling, the Trump administration filed an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, hoping it will step in by 9:30 p.m. ET Friday evening.
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