Fed Judge Orders Trump to Make FULL Nov SNAP Payments

Thursday, November 06, 2025

A federal judge in Rhode Island said Thursday that the Trump administration must fully cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November.

"People have gone without for too long," US District Judge John McConnell said during a hastily called hearing Thursday. "Not making payments to them for even another day is simply unacceptable."

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"McConnell's order comes days after the administration, in response to an earlier order from him, said it would provide only partial food stamp benefits for November by using $4.65 billion in a contingency fund maintained by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, the formal name for food stamps.

The judge said the administration had not worked fast enough to ensure money reached the program's millions of recipients and that it had acted "arbitrarily and capriciously" when it decided earlier this week that it would not provide the full benefits this month."

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-06 07:06 PM | Reply

"People have gone without for too long," US District Judge John McConnell said during a hastily called hearing Thursday. "Not making payments to them for even another day is simply unacceptable."

Maybe I am missing something about the Constitution, maybe Corky or her friend Speakssofty can correct me but my understanding is the House of Representatives is where the origination of the peoples money is appropriated, who elected this Judge to be the countries mother?

#2 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-11-06 07:33 PM | Reply

the House of Representatives is where the origination of the peoples money is appropriated

And yet, Trump sent $40 billion the his buddy Javi in Argentina.

The House of Representatives is no longer functioning. At this point the only way it will resume is if democrats win it back in 2026.

Otherwise what do republicans gain by reopening it?

Perhaps if they win a majority in 2026 they can reopen long enough to hand billionaires another tax cut.

#3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-11-06 07:38 PM | Reply

- her friend

Still the ugly misogynist... do all Chinese think that implying a man is a woman is an insult? Or are you not as smart as most Chinese?

Your grasp of US law is like a weakling's handshake; not impressive at all.

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-06 07:41 PM | Reply

Maybe I am missing something about the Constitution ... but my understanding is the House of Representatives is where the origination of the peoples money is appropriated ...

Reading the article is fundamental. The court ordered payment from a SNAP "contingency fund" and "additional dollars held by USDA." Those funds were appropriated by Congress but the Buffoon arbitrarily, thus illegally, refused to distribute them.

... who elected this Judge to be the countries mother?

Those with an understanding of the Constitution know that federal judges and Justices are appointed in accord with Article III which, with Title 28 of the USC, gives them the powers to decide the questions decided here. That you may disagree is wholly irrelevant.

#5 | Posted by et_al at 2025-11-06 10:14 PM | Reply