Posted on 03/14/2020 10:30:51 AM PDT by kiryandil
A Trump administration rule that would have tightened work requirements for food stamps was blocked by a federal judge on Friday, who cited the rapidly spreading coronavirus in her decision.
D.C. District Court Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell granted a preliminary injunction blocking the new rule, which government estimates predicted would kick as many as 700,000 Americans off of food stamps.
Especially now, as a global pandemic poses widespread health risks, guaranteeing that government officials at both the federal and state levels have flexibility to address the nutritional needs of residents and ensure their well-being through programs like SNAP, is essential, Howell wrote in her ruling, according to HuffPost, which first reported the injunction.
A coalition of 14 states and two major cities, as well as the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, had sued the Trump administration over its rule to restrict the ability of states to provide food stamps to jobless residents.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
How can she use the Coronavirus as a legal precedent? nevermind that ...
this is addressed and SNAP waivers are expanded in H.R. 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act - to include removing the work requirement.
Pres. Trump is probably going to sign this, though I wish he wouldn’t. Let Congress override the veto and own it.
Thank God!
beryl is a pathetic certifiable LIB lunatic. What an embarrassment to civil society.
Trump just needs to ignore these dictatorial judges. Tell them theyve worked themselves out of a job.
Yep! Definitely the clipped hair, glasses wearing mean woman look (thanks to Dr.Michael Savage for this very true stereotype of liberal women).
No disagreement here...The tragedy is the fact that there are millions of these morons. There is, however, one useful aspect to these zealots—they serve to fire up our base.
Especially now, as a global pandemic poses widespread health risks, guaranteeing that government officials at both the federal and state levels have flexibility to address the nutritional needs of residents and ensure their well-being through programs like SNAP, is essential, Howell wrote in her ruling, according to HuffPost, which first reported the injunction.
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I thought she was a judge, not a legislator.
Where is the law which allows this ruling?
Jail for judges who rule, based on anything but law.
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