U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Trump administration can pause SNAP payments during the U.S. Government shutdown

Nov. 8, 2025

U.S. States, which began releasing or authorising the late release of SNAP food assistance for November and families depending on food stamps are following the Trump administration's ongoing and continuing legal tussle with the Federal Courts over the Government's obligation to fund a critical part of its mechanism to fight poverty amidst the longest Federal budget impasse in history.

Further Reading :

• Trump’s unprecedented move to withhold SNAP benefits has nation’s largest food charity despairing : ‘The situation is catastrophic’ [Fortune]
  Nov. 8, 2025 — As the Trump administration scrambles to defend its decision to only partially fund food stamp payments during the ongoing federal shutdown, the nation’s largest hunger-relief organization says millions of Americans are already slipping through the cracks.
• Supreme Court temporarily blocks full SNAP benefits even as they'd started to go out [NPR]
  Nov. 7, 2025 — The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily granted the Trump administration's request to block full SNAP food benefits during the government shutdown, even as residents in some states had already begun receiving them.
• Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments [The Associated Press]
  Nov. 7, 2025 — After a Boston appeals court declined to immediately intervene, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued an order late Friday pausing the requirement to distribute full SNAP payments until the appeals court rules on whether to issue a more lasting pause. Jackson handles emergency matters from Massachusetts.

Key Words :

• Feeding America
• Ketanji Brown Jackson
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
• U.S. Supreme Court