• Valmond@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    What happened to all that student loan vote-for-me-again (or so it felt for a European, IMO) relief stuff in the end?

    • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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      3 days ago

      The Supreme Court put a stop to it in 2023. Biden v. Nebraska, one of the many recent 6-3 decisions.

      After first establishing that at least Missouri had Article III standing to challenge the debt forgiveness program, Roberts held that the statutory grant of authority to the Secretary of Education to “waive or modify” loan terms could not be extended to the student loan forgiveness program, and that debt cancellation of this scale required clear congressional authorization and fell under the major questions doctrine.

      If only those same six judges were as willing to (properly, IMO) limit Presidential authority now that their guy is in office…