A loss for judicial activists was a win for President Donald Trump’s administration, as a Supreme Court justice was left stranded on a food stamps decision.
Senate Democrats’ caving wasn’t their only loss after holding government funding hostage for over a month as part of their destructive globalist quest to fund healthcare for illegal aliens. They also took a hit at their preferred battleground of the courts, losing a lawfare fight with Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson as the sole dissenter to staying an order on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit distribution.
Before the high court took action Tuesday, Jackson temporarily blocked a lower court order to move forward with the payments despite the government shutdown, only to take the opposite position on a decision to extend the temporary stay until Thursday, with none of the jurists explaining their stance.
BREAKING: SCOTUS extends Justice Jackson’s administrative stay in the SNAP benefits case through 11:59p Thursday—presumably hoping to moot out the request if the shutdown ends. Jackson wouldn’t have extended the admin stay and would deny DOJ’s stay request. pic.twitter.com/CZAHJBtQhv
— Chris “Law Dork” Geidner (@chrisgeidner) November 11, 2025
BREAKING – SUPREME COURT SIDES WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP: SCOTUS has EXTENDED their pause of an activist judge order requiring Trump pay out full SNAP benefits despite the government being shut down.
The Left lost AGAIN.
You can’t come up with money from nothing.
The government… pic.twitter.com/I0nX2GGNnW
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 11, 2025
Prior to the Supreme Court’s intervention, U.S. District Judge John McConnell of Rhode Island, an Obama appointee, ruled that the federal government needed to use a $5 billion contingency fund to cover what amounted to roughly $9 billion in expenses impacting 42 million people benefiting from the program.
“While the President of the United States professes a commitment to helping those it serves, the government’s actions tell a different story,” the judge opined in his ruling before it was stayed by Jackson.
Responding to that ruling, the Justice Department stated, “Literally at the eleventh hour, those orders inject the federal courts into the political branches’ closing efforts to end this shutdown.”
“But the answer to this crisis is not for federal courts to reallocate resources without lawful authority,” the DOJ wrote. “The only way to end this crisis–which the Executive is adamant to end–is for Congress to reopen the government.”
The issue of SNAP funding only reached the courts when blue states sued for the benefits, arguing, “Because of the USDA’s actions, SNAP benefits will be delayed for the first time since the program’s inception.”
In opposition to the stay, the states insisted, “Any further stay would prolong that irreparable harm and add to the chaos the government has unleashed, with lasting impacts on the administration of SNAP.”
“The government has offered no defensible justification for that result. The administrative stay should be terminated, and no further stay should be granted,” added the states.
During Jackson’s initial stay, administration officials warned states of economic penalties for failing to comply with USDA orders to transmit only partial SNAP payments, amounting to 65%, if full benefits had been provided.
After advancing through the Senate, it remains to be seen whether legislation to fund the government will clear the House as expected before the temporary stay expires Thursday at 11:59 p.m.
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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