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US supreme court issues emergency order blocking full Snap food aid payments (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by tonytins@pawb.social to c/news@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/38674008

The supreme court has issued an emergency order temporarily blocking full Snap food aid payments.

The high court’s order came after the Trump administration asked a federal appeals court on Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly food stamp benefits amid a US federal government shutdown.

After that request to block was denied, the Trump administration turned to the supreme court in a further attempt to block the order to fully fund Snap food aid payments.

The application to stay reads: “If forced to transfer funds to Snap to make full November allotments, there is no means for the government to recoup those expenditures – which is quintessential irreparable harm. Once those payments are made, there is every indication that the States will promptly disburse them. And once disbursed, the government will be un-able to recover any funds. Worse, these harms will only compound if the decision below stands.

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[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 80 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

How the fuck did they have the gall to write this

If forced to transfer funds to Snap to make full November allotments, there is no means for the government to recoup those expenditures – which is quintessential irreparable harm

I'm very much not a lawyer, I'm not even from the US, but even I know that irreparable harm is harm which may not be cured by monetary compensation. THIS IS LITERALLY JUST MONEY GIVEN TO THE STATES. IF THE DECISION IS LATER OVERTURNED THE STATES CAN JUST GIVE THE MONEY BACK FROM THEIR BUDGETS. This is the dumbest fucking shit I've read for a while.

You know what is quintessential irreparable harm? Medical complications or death from starvation. Which I sincerely wish upon the fucking monsters who signed this decision, which is illegal even by the already crooked pro-capitalist amerikkkan laws.

Y'all will need to relieve those injustices of their duties by force at some point. It doesn't seem like there's any other way.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 56 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It's even dumber than that. This was an order to use emergency funds set aside specifically for SNAP. Going before the Supreme Court and saying they don't have the funding is admitting that they stole that shit.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

Anyone not wondering where Trump got the money to fund ICE during the shutdown is a fool.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Its slightly more complicated. One judge ruled they have to use the emergency funds, another ruling said they have to provide full funding. Emergency funding is like ~5B, full snap payments for a month is like ~9B. So they would have to pull funding elsewhere, like from ICE. Which they totally should be forced to do, but that's just my opinion.