SCOTUS Blocks Food Aid While US Approves Billions for Bombs
When it comes to feeding hungry Americans, the Supreme Court finds novel reasons to pause vital SNAP payments, as reported by Al Jazeera. (See source Al Jazeera: 'US Supreme Court allows Trump to block $4bn in food aid to families in need'). This $4 billion sum, deemed too burdensome for the nation's coffers, is curiously dwarfed by the roughly $14 billion in new military aid for Israel passed
just last month, with bipartisan support (HR 815, April 2024). Apparently, the judicial branch agrees: a starving child is a budget crisis, but a foreign war chest is an undisputed national interest. We can't afford to feed our own, but there's always a blank check for more advanced weaponry. One might wonder if the Supreme Court justices, like many in Congress, would find their priorities
clarified if they had to explain this decision to a parent struggling to put food on the table, rather than to a lobbyist.