New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin joined his fellow attorneys general from California, Minnesota and New York on Nov. 10 to explain why they are taking further court action against the federal government after a weekend of “whiplash” directives on how to handle SNAP food benefits for residents.

Platkin called the actions of the Trump administration to withhold benefits amid the federal government shutdown “unlawful, unconstitutional and frankly heinous.”

The coalition of attorneys general, which features 22 other attorneys general and three governors, spent the weekend fighting the Trump administration to ensure that SNAP benefits , formerly known as food stamps, could be paid to residents without fear of political repercussions against the states.

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