Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Order Requiring Government to Fully Fund SNAP

A federal district judge previously ordered full funding of the program, and a federal appeals court turned down the government’s request to stay that order.

A sign for food stamps outside a grocery story in Baldwin, N.Y., on Nov. 3, 2025. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a late-night order Nov. 7 temporarily pausing a lower court’s order requiring the federal government to fully fund food stamps in November after a federal appeals court declined to do so.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued an administrative stay, which gives a court more time to consider an urgent case. The case is Rollins v. Rhode Island State Council of Churches.