Student Loan Forgiveness – Supreme Court again declines to block Students Loan Relief Plan.
On Friday, US Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett declined to block Biden’s plan to cancel students loan ie Student Loan Forgiveness. Supreme Court did it second time in a challenge brought by 2 Indiana borrowers, as a lower court considers whether to lift a freeze it imposed on the program in a different case.
On Tuesday, a conservative legal group PLF (Pacific Legal Foundation) brought an emergency application. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett denied about Student Loan Forgiveness. She denied the Student Loan Forgiveness on Oct 20, by the Brown county Taxpayers Association in Wisconsin.
Biden’s plan was designed to forgive up to $10,000 (Rs 800000/-) in students loan debt for borrowers making less than $125,000 (Rs 10,000,000/-) per year. Borrowers who received Pell Grants to benefit lower-income college students would have up to $20,000 of their debt cancelled.
The St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on October 21 put the policy on hold in. Yet another conservative challenge by 6 Republican-led states while it considered their request for pending their appeal of their case’s dismissal.
Why did Supreme Court declines to block Student Loan Forgiveness?
A lawyer at the PLF (Pacific Legal Foundation), Caleb Kruckenberg, has expressed his dismay towards Amy Coney Barrett declining blocking Student Loan Forgiveness while his clients pursued their appeal but said they will “continue to fight this program in court”.
Two borrowers Frank Garrison and Noel Johnson filed Friday’s case. They were represented by the conservative PLF, and claimed they would be irreparably harmed if some of their student loans were automatically forgiven. Because they would face increased state tax liabilities.
Caleb Kruckenberg quotted, “Practically since this program was announced, the administration has sought to avoid judicial scrutiny”. He added, “Thus far they have succeeded. But that does not change the fact that this program is illegal from stem to stern.” Keep visiting our website for more.
Written and edited by Rajeshwari.
