Courts Order SNAP Benefits, Trump Won't Pay (R.I. Council of Churches v. USDA)

Two Federal Judges, the Supreme Court, and now the First Circuit Court of Appeals, have all ruled against the USDA and Trump Administration, offering scathing rebukes of the excuses proffered by the government's lawyers. Join the Lawful Masses community on Discord! https://discord.gg/cUqVPzQFub Lawful Masses is 100% community-supported! Thanks for all of your help! Please consider supporting on Patreon.com/ljfrench, through YouTube membership, Floatplane subscription, or Twitch membership. November 2025 supporters: Counselor: Eevi, Ugly Grill, TechTechPotato, The Blood Soaked Survivors, Kyle Siefring Advocate: Arron Washington, Meaningless, playceholder, Keith Marrocco, Brian Flowers, John Swanson, matthew beller, Schi-Schi, Laura Hertzman, Guy Chapman, admalledd, Kreachers, tdis8629, Rudolph Bescherer Jr, Firstname Mclastname, JH, Cindy Campbell, Marcus Agehall, Jonathan Robillard, Justin Waddell, Tony Cruickshank, Alexander Sihn, Gregory Ford, Brody Eastwood, Chris Lindsay, Dzyan, TEEKAY, Rico Robbins, Kai Raphahn, Andrew FastLizard4 Adams, David Zaslavsky, Jessica Pearson, Daniel Ducharme, Ph.D., AniLunchbox, Kean, Jack Draak, Brian, James Melanson, Scott F. Comstock, Alan Nise, The Disturbed Angel, Raindrop Works, Gef the Mongoose, keeping up with the Devilment on weekends, Eric Barker, Michael, Lawrence Groupe, Thomas Dinsdale-Young, Rabid Ronin, Bill Tonnies, Andrew Venier, varia, DrJKL, Bill Somerville, Mike Dunford, Peter Huston, Evan Davis, Nate Gray, Jorge Vittes, Michael Stokes-Byrne, Violet Bosveld, Bryan Lubeck, Alisdair Meredith, Kris Hetzel, Jennifer and David Brock, Blueberry Hill, Andrew, Rita Loy, arkiandruski, Mian, Michael White, B-System, Caleb Begly Fun and Tech, Beggarman, DrakeDT, eyebrows360, Tymorus, cwestpha, crystalvala 00:00 - Introduction 01:56 - The Rhode Island Case 06:11 - The Appeal 07:25 - The Supreme Court 08:43 - The Appeal, reprise 14:00 - What now?