The Supreme Court is staying out of the fight over funding food benefits for now as a deal in Congress to end the government shutdown appears likely to be approved.
The court on Nov. 11 said it would not immediately rule on an order directing the Trump administration to fully fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits during the government shutdown − which lawmakers could resolve as soon as Wednesday.
The court kept a district judge's funding order on hold through Nov. 13, freezing action without considering which side has the better legal arguments.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson had previously paused the district judge's funding deadline while the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was considering it. The request went to Jackson, the justice who handles emergency appeals from that part of the country, putting one of the court's three liberal justices in the awkward position of granting a request from the administration on an issue of top concern for Democrats.
The House voted Tuesday to end a nearly four-day partial government shutdown, approving spending through September...
