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Al Jazeera: US courts rule Trump cannot suspend food aid during government shutdown (www.aljazeera.com)
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Two federal judges in the United States have ruled that the administration of President Donald Trump cannot suspend food assistance to low-income individuals, signalling that the government must draw from contingency funds as a government shutdown drags on.

Friday’s decisions were released within minutes of one another, and both concerned the fate of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP.

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[-] Ascrod@midwest.social 32 points 3 months ago

Who will enforce the ruling?

[-] CandyPants@lemmy.ml 21 points 3 months ago

No one. And when they don't do it, not a single fucking one of them will be held accountable for defing court orders.

[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

IDK. hungry people with guns can be mighty persuasive.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

And that’s what orangeboi will use as his excuse to invoke the insurrection act, which means this was always part of the plan in that regard.

[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I kinda said the same thing a week ago but nobody wanted to listen.

[-] blave@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago

“Sorry, motherfucker, but being an evil fucking ghoul, at least in this context, is illegal.“

[-] Blade9732@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Their evil knows no bounds. I am sure they will appeal and get a stay, or just ignore it. They don't seem to follow a rule of law or any sort of moral compass, and it appears that nobody will stop them.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago

They have a moral compass, but it's inverted.

[-] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

Expect they will continue selectively funding states that fully submit to executive authority.

[-] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 months ago

The judges, while entirely bought and paid for, might at least be smart enough to realize that starving their own population is probably not going to end the way anyone really wants

[-] Makhno@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

No one will enforce it

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

FUCK YEAH.

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