( September 19, 2025, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: SNAP beneficiaries, students, the Center for Protect Democracy, and other groups filed a reply in support of a summary judgment against the US Department of Agriculture’s collection of state Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits data, saying the agency fundamentally misunderstands its obligation to engage in “reasoned decisionmaking.” “Instead of considering evidence or analyzing a perceived problem before deciding to collect SNAP data from states, USDA reflexively acted to ‘heed the President’s call.’ USDA’s briefing does nothing to dispel the only conclusion available from a review of the Administrative Record: This data collection was a foregone conclusion, motivated solely by President Trump’s government-wide policy preference, without regard to the privacy protections Congress established in the relevant statutes,” they argued.See attached file. ...
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