Friday, November 7, 2025

(#6123) The Supreme court will have to hear trump's appeal not to pay snap funds

      A federal judge has ordered trump to pay Snap benefits in the whole amount for November 2025 by today. Instead trump is appealing that District Court order and is appealing to the United States Court of Appeals for the first Circuit. I can only imagine this is an expedited review and will return a verdict shortly. Either way the Appellate court decision will be immediately appealed to the Supreme Court. Where again an expedited decision will be expected. This will be a test of we the people's conviction and also trump's expected allegiance from his 6 partisan judges.
     We should know shortly if the Supreme Court is fully aligned with trump or with our US Constitution. It is important to know at this juncture as it could serve as the break in the dam republicans have stood behind in shutting down the government. Or it could embolden republicans if the vote goes for trump killing Snap on his own. To me this is a vital juncture in the path of America where the end of democracy begins or whether the continuation of democracy remains. For me it is good this is coming on the heels of an overwhelming democratic surge. The justices know how volatile it will be for them should they ignore our constitution and follow the lead of a extraconstitutional miser.
     Whatever the Supreme court decision becomes will likely be the harbinger of things to come. Either better days are ahead or the nightmare continues. I suspect that the justices in their just concluded hearings on tariffs are not as kind to trump and his policies as trump would have hoped for. This makes me somewhat hopeful that the Supreme Court will side with the District Judge and have trump pay the Snap benefits. It is just my limited logic on the subject but it is part of my nature to search for clues to understand the ebb and flow of how our society is moving especially when the times are turbulent.
     

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