🔗 Share this article White House Seeks Help from High Court After Failed Attempt to Stop Food Stamp Aid Directive Last Friday, shortly after a federal appeals court determined that the administration must pay for food stamp disbursements, the administration turned to the US top court in a further bid to block the directive. Not long after, the supreme court issued an urgent ruling provisionally halting full food stamp payments, which close to 42 hundred thousand people count on to put food on the table. “Our attorneys persist in fighting, day and night, to defend and advance the administration's agenda,” the top legal officer announced on social media shortly after 9:30pm ET. White House staff had asked the US appeals court to overturn a judge's order mandating they issue this month's complete nutritional assistance in the middle of a federal closure, and was denied later the same day. US Supreme Court Issues Emergency Order Blocking Entire Snap Food Aid Payments The top court's order came after the government asked a national appeals court on Friday to block a judicial directive that it issue this month's entire Snap benefits during a government funding lapse. Subsequent to that appeal to block faced refusal, the White House turned to the high court in a new attempt to prevent the order to pay for nutrition assistance disbursements. Additional Events Transpired Today: The funding lapse dragged public confidence in the US to a historically low level in this month, as reported by a ongoing study carried out by the University of Michigan. Campus populations at in excess of 100 universities throughout America rallied against the administration’s challenge to college education on Friday – the first in a scheduled sequence of national, organized demonstrations. Cornell University announced a resolution with the government, becoming the fifth institution under investigation by the US government to do so. A GOP lawmaker and strong ally of the White House has publicly started her much-expected gubernatorial bid. The administration has pardoned a former sports star on earlier tax evasion and narcotics violations, mentioning the player's post-career embrace of faith and extended clean living.