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U.S. Supreme Court allows Trump admin to avoid funding SNAP payments for now (cbc.ca)
14 points by colinprince 25 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 9 comments


Before stacking supreme court, the 45th PotUS has worst record in nearly a century: https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/trump-administration...

Conversely, today's stacked SCotUS has been gifting an unprecedented 90% win rate. Equally unprecedented has been the court's refusal to explain rulings and the impossibly short deliberation periods. : https://www.courtaccountability.org/shadow-docket-analysis


That's a little less relevant since this was from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.


It's context like no other in our history; it transcends bias and ideology.

A 90% acquiescence rate is so foundationally unhealthy, I argue that all decisions being made in the shade of it - should be considered with it in mind.


There's more to it than that, apparently. I'm unclear on the details, but it's not as simple as saying she supports what Trump is trying to do.


Here's one possible (probable?) explanation for Brown's reasoning. Tl;Dr is she's trying to put pressure on the 6 gop judges to respond quickly.

https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf


This is an administrative stay. Because the administration says it has the means to only partially fund the program (due to the shutdown), this got kicked back to the lower courts to consider if partial funding was sufficient for them to consider the matter closed. If not, it’ll ultimately be appealed back to this court again. But right now, all they’re doing is saying “hey things have changed since you issued your order, re-rule on this case”.


Perhaps Congress could fund SNAP payments by passing a budget.


My understanding is that Snap is already funded. That's why the lower court ruled that it must be paid.


There was never any intention to do that.




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