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A federal judge appointed by Barack Obama struck down the Trump administration's program to let states bar Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients from buying soda, candy, and other sugary products — dealing a direct setback to the White House's "Make America Healthy Again" agenda.
District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled Monday that Congress, not the Agriculture Department, holds the authority to define what qualifies as food under SNAP.
The White House immediately signaled the decision would not stand unchallenged. The Ruling and Its Legal Logic Jackson, who has served on the U.S.
District Court for the District of Columbia since her 2011 appointment by then-President Obama, found that Congress had already clearly defined the scope of permissible food purchases under SNAP.
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