The Supreme Court delayed a decision on whether to grant President Joe 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 refused to lift that hold Wednesday, meaning the administration could soon appeal that case to the Supreme Court, too.
Various people 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."
"We welcome the Supreme Court’s decision to hear the case on our student debt relief plan for middle and working class borrowers this February," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement, calling the program "legal, supported by careful analysis from administration lawyers."
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