The Trump administration on Friday asked an appeals court to immediately block an order that requires full November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamp, benefits to be paid to states by Friday.

The emergency request to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals calls the lower court's order “unprecedented,” saying it makes “a mockery of the separation of powers.”

“This is a crisis, to be sure, but it is a crisis........

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