The Supreme Court giving President Trump another win in the SNAP dispute has set off the usual chorus of outrage from the Left, which is what always happens when a judge tries to order money to appear out of thin air and the high court steps in to remind everyone that Congress, not a single activist judge, controls the purse. The ruling paused a lower court’s demand that the administration immediately pay out full SNAP benefits during a shutdown, even though the funds were not legally available. This is Civics 101, but some judges still insist on rewriting the rules whenever they feel inspired.
The administration asked the Court to intervene because the shutdown had frozen certain payments. That is how shutdowns work, no matter how dramatically opponents frame it. The Supreme Court agreed to extend its stay until November 13, giving Congress enough breathing room to pass the short term funding bill that would reopen the government and get SNAP funded properly again. Even CNBC conceded the whole fight might become moot within days once the House votes and the President signs the bill.
🚨 BREAKING – SUPREME COURT SIDES WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP: SCOTUS has EXTENDED their pause of an activist judge order requiring Trump pay out full SNAP benefits despite the government being shut down.
The Left lost AGAIN.
You can't come up with money from nothing.
The government… pic.twitter.com/I0nX2GGNnW
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 11, 2025
Predictably, the states suing claimed millions would face harm if the payments were not restored instantly. No one questions that SNAP matters for many families, but pretending you can override federal funding rules every time Washington hits a budget impasse is how we end up with even more judicial chaos. The administration’s argument was simple. If Congress restores funding this week, then the courts do not need to invent workarounds. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, but the rest of the Court let the stay stand while lawmakers finish the job.
You had Pamela Bondi cheering the ruling, saying the Court helped prevent last minute disruptions to SNAP and school nutrition programs. She was right about the timing. With the House expected to vote on the Senate’s bill on Wednesday, the stay ensures the judge’s order does not blow up the process right before the finish line. Congress is supposed to set spending priorities, not judges trying to micromanage shutdown procedures from the bench.
Our @TheJusticeDept attorneys just secured a further administrative stay through Thursday at midnight at the Supreme Court to prevent further judicial upheaval for the SNAP and Child Nutrition programs.
Thank you to the Court for allowing Congress to continue its swift progress…
— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) November 11, 2025
What makes this whole saga even stranger is the political spin surrounding it. Critics instantly framed the pause as some sort of cold hearted refusal to help the poor, ignoring the real issue, which is whether an administration can legally pay out benefits during a shutdown without appropriated funds. That is not cruelty. That is the law. If anything, the uproar highlights the need for reforms to a program that has ballooned for years without much oversight. No one wants families left hanging, but using a shutdown to force unlimited emergency spending is not a sustainable way to run a country.
Now that Congress is on the verge of passing the funding bill, SNAP should return to normal. The temporary chaos came from the shutdown, not from the administration following legal constraints. And if this whole episode nudges lawmakers to tighten the system, make it more efficient, and ensure it is less vulnerable to courtroom theatrics the next time Washington hits a stalemate, that would be the silver lining.
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