🔗 Share this article White House Turns to Top Court After Failed Attempt to Stop Food Stamp Aid Order Last Friday, shortly after a national appellate court decided that the administration needs to fully fund nutritional assistance payments, the administration sought intervention from the supreme court in a new effort to block the ruling. Not long after, the top US court issued an temporary injunction provisionally halting complete nutrition assistance payments, which nearly 42 million Americans count on to feed their families. “Legal counsel will not stop battling, around the clock, to support and promote our policies,” the top legal officer announced on social media shortly after 9:30pm in Washington. White House staff had requested the US appeals court to stop a court ruling mandating they distribute the upcoming complete Snap payments in the middle of a US federal government shutdown, and was denied that afternoon. The High Court Releases Emergency Order Halting Full Nutrition Assistance Payments The high court’s decision followed the government asked a national appeals court last Friday to halt a judicial directive mandating they issue November’s full monthly Snap aid throughout a government funding lapse. After that request to halt faced refusal, the administration appealed to the high court in a new attempt to halt the ruling to completely finance Snap food aid benefits. Other Developments Transpired Today: The funding lapse dragged public confidence in the US to a historically low level in the fall, as reported by a regular poll conducted by the Michigan University. Students, faculty and staff at in excess of 100 colleges across the US protested the administration’s challenge to higher education on Friday – the initial in a planned series of nationwide, coordinated protests. An Ivy League institution revealed a settlement with the White House, making it the fifth university under investigation by the American authorities to settle. A GOP representative and dedicated backer of the president has officially launched her highly predicted race for state leadership. The president has granted clemency to a former sports star on past tax evasion and narcotics violations, citing the player's retirement embrace of religion and longtime sobriety.