Overview
- The justices prolonged an administrative stay, keeping a Rhode Island judge’s mandate to fully fund November benefits on hold until 11:59 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13.
- The extension allows the administration to continue withholding roughly $4 billion, leaving SNAP about 65% funded using contingency reserves.
- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said she would have denied the request, even after the First Circuit affirmed the district court’s order to pay in full.
- States face a patchwork after some issued full benefits, the USDA told agencies to “immediately undo” those payments, and a Massachusetts judge temporarily blocked that clawback directive.
- The Senate has passed a bill to reopen the government and fund SNAP, and House action expected Wednesday could moot the court fight and enable remaining November payments.