The US Supreme Court has temporarily blocked judges' orders to fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payouts in full during the federal government shutdown, reported the Associated Press .

The ruling was delivered in response to the US administration’s emergency appeal for the suspension of court orders mandating the use of money beyond that available in a contingency fund to finance the SNAP payments. The Supreme Court’s decision permits the administration to go ahead with issuing partial SNAP payments this month.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made the call on Friday November 7 to halt the mandate to provide full SNAP payments until an appeals court made a decision on a longer-term block. Jackson’s order will be in effect until 48 hours after the appeals court issues a judgme

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