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How Student Loan Forgiveness Could Win at the Supreme Court
If the parties challenging the plan can’t clear the standing threshold, then the Supreme Court justices shouldn’t consider the other arguments that the debt-relief plan is illegal. But that might not stop the conservative justices from striking down loan forgiveness.
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HEROES Act at Center of Debt-Relief Legal Fight
Executive overreach or legal use of statutory authority? That will be a key question for the U.S. Supreme Court to consider when it hears arguments in two debt-relief lawsuits early this year.
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Debt Relief Heads to Supreme Court
The court will hear arguments in February on whether the Biden administration is legally able to forgive federal student loans. An injunction blocking the debt relief will remain in place.
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Payment Pause Extended Amid Legal Battles
The extension, through June 30, gives the Supreme Court the opportunity to weigh in on the administration’s debt-relief plan during its current term.
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Debt Relief Blocked Again
Debt-relief advocates decry the ruling as “politically motivated” and “a miscarriage of justice” and ask the administration to extend the pause on student loan payments. (Update: U.S. appeals court imposes preliminary injunction.)
More Than 26 Million Apply for Student Loan Forgiveness
Nearly 26 million Americans have applied for relief under the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan, the White House announced...
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Debt Relief Blocked, for Now
Nearly 22 million borrowers applied for loan forgiveness in the week since the application opened.
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Lawsuits Threaten Biden’s Debt-Relief Plan
The Biden administration is contending with four lawsuits while preparing for the rollout of its ambitious debt-relief program.
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