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Appeals Court Backs Full November SNAP Payments as Supreme Court Weighs Freeze

The Supreme Court’s temporary stay now leaves payments frozen pending a decision on the administration’s bid to limit November funding.

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Gov. Maura Healey arrives at a press conference in late October about disruptions to SNAP benefits.
A woman takes a bag of groceries during a free food distribution for recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program organized by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office and The Jewish Federation at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Sunday.

Overview

  • A First Circuit panel on Sunday refused to block a lower-court order requiring full November SNAP payments, triggering a 48-hour window for the Supreme Court to act.
  • Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s administrative stay still pauses full payouts as the administration returned to the Court on Monday to seek a broader halt.
  • USDA told states to “immediately undo” full payments as unauthorized and threatened penalties, but a federal judge in Massachusetts temporarily blocked enforcement of that directive.
  • Several states, including Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York, loaded full benefits; governors told residents to use the funds as state attorneys general sought legal protections against clawbacks.
  • Congress advanced a shutdown-ending funding measure that could moot the case, while contingency reserves cover only partial costs and food banks report surging demand; Hawaiʻi launched $250 per-person emergency aid for SNAP households.