One day after a Rhode Island federal judge ripped the Trump administration for failing to prevent Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from lapsing "for the first time in our nation's history" amid the government shutdown, impacting up 42 to million people, the DOJ filed emergency appellate documents throwing Congress under the bus and criticizing the jurist for making "a mockery of the separation of powers."

The DOJ's filing at the 1st Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals was the first volley in what would appear to be a busy Friday, as the appellate court immediately ordered the plaintiff coalition of churches, cities, nonprofits, a labor union, and grocery store to respond by noon.

The Trump administration, in an emergency motion for a stay pending appeal of U.S. Distric

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