{"id":19575,"date":"2025-11-07T02:51:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T01:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/?p=19575"},"modified":"2025-11-07T02:51:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T01:51:37","slug":"das-gericht-wird-nicht-zoegern-die-befolgung-mit-allen-zur-verfuegung-stehenden-mitteln-durchzusetzen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/das-gericht-wird-nicht-zoegern-die-befolgung-mit-allen-zur-verfuegung-stehenden-mitteln-durchzusetzen\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe court will not hesitate to enforce compliance by all means available\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington \u2013 It is one of those decisions that will go down in the history of American separation of powers. John J. McConnell Jr., Chief Federal Judge of the U.S. District Court for the State of Rhode Island, has ordered the Trump administration, in a sharply worded ruling, to pay out all outstanding food stamp benefits (SNAP) in full by Friday at the latest. And he made it unmistakably clear that in the event of further defiance he would show no restraint. \u201cIf the order is not followed, the court will not hesitate to enforce compliance by all means available,\u201d McConnell declared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The confrontation between the judiciary and the executive branch arose from a refusal by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to pay the monthly support benefits to millions of Americans. Officially, the agency justified this by citing a lack of funds due to the government shutdown. But McConnell found that this justification was not only inadequate but unlawful. \u201cThe defendants failed to consider the practical consequences associated with their decision to only partially fund SNAP. They knew that this would lead to significant delays in disbursement, and they failed to consider the harm caused to people who depend on these benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The judge reminded the government that it was legally obligated to use congressionally approved reserves to keep the program running. \u201cThere is no doubt that the congressionally approved contingency funds must be used now \u2013 precisely because of the government shutdown. In fact, the president during his first term issued guidance stating that these reserves may be used if SNAP funds lapse due to a shutdown.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The court reacted particularly sharply to a post that Donald Trump published on his platform Truth Social on November 4. In it, the president wrote: \u201cSNAP benefits, which increased during the disastrous term of the crooked Joe Biden by billions and billions (many fold!), will be paid only when the radical left Democrats reopen the government \u2013 which they can easily do \u2013 and not before!\u201d For McConnell, this was not a political opinion but an admission of deliberate defiance. \u201cThe president himself publicly declared that SNAP payments will only be made when Congress reopens the government. This statement is an admission of intent not to comply with the court order.\u201d The judge literally described the post as \u201can admission of intent to defy the court order.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n