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Host 1 (0:00)
What do you think makes the perfect snack?
Host 2 (0:02)
Hmm. It's gotta be when I'm really craving it and it's convenient.
Host 1 (0:05)
Could you be more specific?
Host 2 (0:06)
When it's cravinient.
Michael Popak (0:08)
Okay.
Host 2 (0:08)
Like a freshly baked cookie made with real butter, available right down the street at a.m. p.m. Or a savory breakfast sandwich I can grab in just a.
Host 1 (0:15)
Second at a.m. p. M. I'm seeing a pattern here.
Host 2 (0:17)
Well, yeah, we're talking about what I.
Host 1 (0:19)
Crave, which is anything from AM PM.
Host 2 (0:21)
What more could you want? Stop by AM PM where the snacks and drinks are perfectly craveable and convenient. That's cravenience. AM PM Too much. Good stuff.
Host 1 (0:31)
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Michael Popak (1:00)
Yes, there are still federal judges out there that are not afraid of the Trump administration, nor its Department of Justice, nor the Supreme Court, and just do the right thing for the American people because justice demands it. We have a new emergency order from Judge McConnell, the chief judge of Rhode island, which will hopefully finally compel the Trump administration on order of the court to start making those $8 billion worth of a SNAP food stamp payments to the most underprivileged, the most vulnerable in our society. For the month of November, the judge has taken a different act. There were two different judges who looked at this issue. One judge, Judge Talwani in Massachusetts, said, why don't you tell me today, on Monday, you know if there's going to be agency action and then I'll decide whether to enter a preliminary injunction or a temporary restraining order. No. Judge McConnell took what Donald Trump said on social media, trolled Donald Trump with it in addition to it took what the federal government Department of Justice wrote to him demanding a temporary restraining order be reduced to writing and used the words against them, did like a judicial jujitsu, and flipped it on Donald Trump. I cover it right here, the only way I know how, without blowing smoke or sunshine on the Midas Dutch network. And for legal AF, let's talk about how we got here. Two different groups of plaintiffs ran into two different courts. 23 Democratic states. You notice no Republican States care about people dying from hunger and starvation in their below the poverty states, you know, like the red states, blue states ran to the rescue and filed a case that landed in Boston, Massachusetts in front of Judge Telwani. Cities and public interest groups like Democracy Forward Files filed their own case on the same issue of whether Trump could terminate snap payments, food stamp payments to this group because, because of the shutdown. They got Judge McConnell. Chief Judge. Now, you may remember that Chief Judge McConnell has tangled with the Trump administration before. He was one of the judges who early on issued a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration stopping them from ripping the 14th amendment to birthright citizenship out of the Constitution by executive order, said, no babies born on our soil are American citizens. That was Judge McConnell. Now let's move to this case brought. The first party in the case is Rhode Island State Council of Churches vs. Brooke Rollins at the Department of Agriculture, which is the regulator for the program. Here's what, here's how we got here. First, we had a filing by the Trump administration an emergency motion to reduce the court's oral temporary restraining order to writing. By the way, there is, I'll tell you, as a federal practitioner, there is no requirement that a federal judge issue it in writing. He can or she can from the bench, give, and there's a transcript or oral recording can give all of the factors, all of the analysis, all of the findings and, and issue an injunction from the bench. Now, Trump administration has tried to argue, no, no, judges can only do it in writing. Untrue. They got caught in that problem with Judge Boasberg about the 200 human beings without due process that were sent in the middle of the night to El Salvador's torture jail. They had a whole fight about on the record, off the record, temporary restraining order, writing, not writing. So now they've given to filing this, but they wrote something as grounds, they said, and the judge used it, used it to toast their chestnuts, if you know what I mean. On page two of their motion, which they filed on on Halloween, defendants, the Trump administration are expeditiously attempting to comply with the court's order. No. In other words, recognizing that they had a temporary restraining order against them. They knew it, knowing they had to make the payments like today, but are considering whether any emergency relief is required given the operational difficulties. We want it in writing, effectively. Judge said, you know, I've done some reading myself. Here's how Judge McConnell started his order. This is at the very top. Post it now on Legal AF substack. Here we go. The defendants in Their emergency motion have stated that defendants are expeditiously attempting to comply with the court's order. Okay. Also, they, he, you know, he also knows what Trump truths out, I think. Is that what they're calling instead of tweeted out truths out. The President of the United States stated Friday evening. Right. Which is also. This is all Halloween, you know, back to back Halloween. I do not want Americans to go hungry. I asked the court to clarify how we can legally fund SNAP as soon as possible if we are given the appropriate legal direction by the court. It will be my honor, all in caps, to provide the funding. The judge wrote. The court greatly appreciates the president's quick and definitive response to this court's order and his desire to provide the necessary SNAP funding. I'm not quite sure that's what Trump was trying to do, but that's how the job. The judge interpreted it as almost a confession that he needed to comply with an existing temporary restraining order. Good job, Trump. Now the judge. The holdup in both courts, Judge Talwani's court and Judge McConnell was over full funding or partial funding to pay out all of the 40 million Americans that wait for this. Think about that. 40 million Americans are waiting on snap payments. We're talking about the disabled, children, babies, the elderly. I mean, it's like the most vulnerable group in our population. And all they want to do is not die from malnutrition or starvation. And it's an $8 billion a month program. So what the judge said is, well, you have an emergency contingency fund set up by Congress of 6 billion. You can either do three quarter payments. I mean, listen, I know basic fractions. You can either do three quarter payments. That's not hard. Just go through whatever the payment was going to be and take a quarter off and then make it up later when the, when the shutdown is over. Or go find additional funds like customs receipts for. There's just money that comes in regularly that you can go grab. Go grab that. Make it a full $8 billion payment. And the judge said in his order. I'll read it to you in a moment. Judge McConnell said, and I want to know what you're doing. You're either gonna make full payments on Monday or by Wednesday, you're gonna give me the plan you're gonna use in order to make partial payments.