The Supreme Court's conservative majority appears deeply skeptical of the legality of a White House plan to forgive $400 billion in federal student loans during the pandemic.
February 28, 2023, 5:01 PMStudent loan borrowers and advocates gather for the People's Rally To Cancel Student Debt during the Supreme Court hearings on student debt relief on Feb. 28, 2023, in Washington, D.C.The Supreme Court's conservative majority on Tuesday appeared deeply skeptical of the legality of
Student loan borrowers and advocates gather for the People's Rally To Cancel Student Debt during the Supreme Court hearings on student debt relief on Feb. 28, 2023, in Washington, D.C.MORE: How Biden's student debt relief plan landed before the Supreme Court: Timeline "It's perfectly logical for Congress to broadly empower the executive to provide benefits, especially in a crisis situation or an emergency like we've seen with COVID-19," Prelogar said. The administration says financial fallout from the COVID pandemic had "profound" effects on student borrowers.
The court's precedents say a plaintiff must suffer an "injury in fact" directly flowing from a policy or program in order to challenge it in court. "MOHELA is not here, General Crawford [sic]; isn't that correct?" responded Justice Elena Kagan. "Usually we don't allow one person to step into another's shoes and say I think that that person suffered a harm, even if the harm is very great."
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