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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums**WATCH FOR FLYING KETCHUP** Judge halts Trump administration efforts to impose conditions on SNAP
BOSTON (AP) A federal judge on Friday sided with 20 Democratic states and halted an effort by the Trump administration to force states to comply with a range of conditions to get billions of dollars from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
U.S. District Judge Myong Joun granted a preliminary injunction in the lawsuit challenging the conditions for getting SNAP funding. Among them are restrictions related to gender ideology, immigration, and fair athletic opportunities for women and girls.
The judge said he would issue a memorandum later explaining his decision.
In their lawsuit, the states argued the Agriculture Department has thrown unconstitutional and unlawful roadblocks between the programs created by Congress and the States that rely on them, threatening critical nutrition support, vital agricultural research, and the safety of our national food chain and communities.
Lawyers for the government opposed the preliminary injunction, arguing in their court filing that these new requirements would help promote the sound stewardship of taxpayer dollars, strengthen USDAs control and oversight of obligated funds, and ensure that grant recipients comply with federal laws, regulations, and policies.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-administration-snap-593bd2f1c57e90ea3ee1c3e7f6d3f32b
bucolic_frolic
(56,100 posts)J_William_Ryan
(3,615 posts)Only the fascist right would consider the right to self-determination and freedom of expression to be an ideology.
The 20 Democratic states are correct: the Trump regimes actions are reckless, irresponsible, and un-Constitutional, endangering the health and safety of millions of Americans.
KS Toronado
(23,979 posts)Shame the Judge couldn't say the new rules still applied to red States, they voted for shit like this.
Not that I want to see people go hungry but it might wake them up how to vote.
Walleye
(45,662 posts)OldBaldy1701E
(11,678 posts)Why does that always translate into 'more money for us' whenever rethugs start in about 'fiscal responsibility'?
Do they think that we are that stupid?
**Looks at current socioeconomic situation**
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