Overview
- The Court issued an administrative stay on Nov. 8 that temporarily blocks lower-court injunctions requiring immediate restoration of SNAP payments.
- The action halts a Rhode Island judge’s directive that the administration use emergency funds to deliver full November benefits.
- About 42 million people depend on SNAP, a program involving several billion dollars in monthly payouts that have been partially withheld during the shutdown.
- States such as Oregon and New York moved to fund benefits locally, while the USDA warned against such steps and threatened financial penalties, according to ANSA.
- The shutdown, now roughly 40 days old, is causing wider disruptions, including FAA ground stops at JFK and O’Hare and thousands of flight cancellations and delays.