NEW: Supreme Court delays decision on whether to grant President Biden’s bid to implement his student loan forgiveness plan, announcing instead that it will hear full oral arguments on an expedited basis.
has also blocked the plan. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday refused to lift that hold, meaning that the administration could soon appeal that case to the Supreme Court too.
Various individuals and groups have challenged the proposal, with the case now at the Supreme Court involving: Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas and South Carolina. The states' lawsuit is backed by 17 other states. In court papers, the states' lawyers said the administration was using the Covid pandemic as"a pretext to mask the president's true goal of fulfilling his campaign promise to erase student loan debt."is that they have had to show legal standing to sue by illustrating how they are harmed by the program.
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