SNAP, as it’s known, is funded federally, but administered by the state Department of Human Services. But late Thursday, a federal judge in California, Maxine Chesney, temporarily blocked the USDA from forcing plaintiff states to comply with the demand. But Bruce Ledewitz, Duquesne University emeritus professor of law, told WESA Monday that the state can still benefit from the judge’s order. “The states that are in would only be too happy if another state wanted to join,” Ledewitz said. “The real question is why Pennsylvania didn’t join originally.”Pennsylvania officials are not discussing the issue publicly: Neither the governor’s office nor the state Department of Human Services would comment Monday.