Preventing the states from Backstopping the Federal government is not legal, ethical, or Constitutional. Member of SCOTUS Bar since 1985 sends. Many of my cases went to the Supreme Court.

The Trump administration told states that they must “immediately undo” any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, in a move that added to the chaos and uncertainty surrounding the nation’s largest anti-hunger program during the government shutdown.

The Agriculture Department issued the command in a late-night Saturday memo, viewed later by The New York Times. That guidance threatened to impose financial penalties on states that did not “comply” quickly with the government’s new orders.