Conservative groups sue over latest Biden student loan forgiveness program

Aug 07, 2023

Karah Rucker Anchor/Reporter

By Karah Rucker (Anchor/Reporter)

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It’s a storyline people have heard before. Two conservative groups are suing the Biden administration over its latest student loan forgiveness program.

The legal challenges over the White House’s prior attempt to forgive college debt went all the way to the Supreme Court, with the bench ruling against the mass debt cancellation. Critics are calling this loan forgiveness program “a back-door attempt at cancellation.”

The plan would cancel $39 billion in debt for more than 800,000 borrowers, dependent on income and how long a person has been paying on their loans. It’s something the two conservative groups argue is another overstep by the Biden administration.

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy and the Cato Institute say that sort of action is not an executive privilege and would need authorization from Congress. A similar argument was used against Biden’s initial, and ultimately failed, forgiveness plan.

The Education Department responded with a statement calling the challenge “a desperate attempt from right-wing special interests to keep hundreds of thousands of borrowers in debt.”

A federal judge will decide whether to temporarily block the plan while the case plays out in court.

Straight Arrow News Political Correspondent Ray Bogan has been following the administration’s ongoing attempts to erase student loan debt. Check out his latest report detailing how a person might qualify under the administration’s current plan here.

Tags: Education Department, Joe Biden, Lawsuit, Student loan forgiveness, Student Loans, Supreme Court

IT’S A STORY LINE YOU’VE HEARD BEFORE.

REPUBLICAN GROUPS ARE SUING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OVER ITS LATEST STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM.

THE LEGAL CHALLENGES OVER THE WHITE HOUSE’S PRIOR ATTEMPT TO FORGIVE COLLEGE DEBT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT —

WITH THE BENCH RULING AGAINST THE MASS DEBT CANCELLATION.

CRITICS ARE CALLING THE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM NOW BEING QUESTIONED IN COURT “A BACK-DOOR ATTEMPT AT CANCELLATION”.

THE PLAN WOULD CANCEL 39 BILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT FOR MORE THAN 800 THOUSAND BORROWERS — DEPENDENT ON INCOME AND HOW LONG A PERSON HAS BEEN PAYING ON THEIR LOANS. IT’S SOMETHING TWO CONSERVATIVE GROUPS ARGUE IS ANOTHER OVERSTEP BY THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE — SAYING THAT SORT OF ACTION IS NOT AN EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE — AND WOULD NEED AUTHORIZATION FROM CONGRESS.A SIMILAR ARGUMENT USED AGAINST BIDEN’S INITIAL, FAILED FORGIVENESS PLAN. THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT RESPONDED, CALLING THE CHALLENGE “A DESPERATE ATTEMPT FROM RIGHT-WING SPECIAL INTERESTS TO KEEP HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF BORROWERS IN DEBT.”

A FEDERAL JUDGE WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO TEMPORARILY BLOCK THE PLAN WHILE THE CASE PLAYS OUT IN COURT.

OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT RAY BOGAN HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE ADMINISTRATION’S ONGOING ATTEMPTS TO ERASE STUDENT LOAN DEBT.

YOU CAN FIND HIS LATEST REPORT DETAILING HOW A PERSON MIGHT QUALIFY UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION’S CURRENT PLAN AT S-A-N-DOT-COM.