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Federal judge strikes down Biden student debt relief program
Date: November 10, 2022Author: Nwo Report
Posted BY: Jasmine | NwoReport
A federal judge struck down President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program on Thursday, declaring it unlawful.
District Judge Mark Pittman, a Trump appointee, ruled that the program, which would have provided borrowers with up to $20,000 in student loan relief, was “an unconstitutional exercise of Congress’s legislative power.”
The Biden administration has argued that it has authority to forgive student loans under the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003. However, Pittman rejected this argument on Thursday, finding no “clear congressional authorization” for the program.
The ruling comes in response to a lawsuit filed in October by the Job Creators Network Foundation, a conservative advocacy group, on the behalf of one borrower who is ineligible for the relief program and another who is not eligible for the full $20,000.
The group argued that the Department of Education had failed to allow for public notice and comment on the program, depriving their clients of “their procedural rights to protect their concrete interests.”
Thursday’s ruling represents the biggest victory thus far for conservative opponents of the Biden administration’s debt relief program.
A federal appeals court temporarily put the program on hold in late October following a challenge from six GOP-led states. However, the appeals court ruling only blocked the program while the states’ appeal played out and did not strike down the program outright.
Biden’s debt relief program would forgive up to $10,000 in student loans for borrowers who make under $125,000 and up to $20,000 for those who received Pell Grants.
Thanks to: https://nworeport.me/2022/11/10/federal-judge-strikes-down-biden-student-debt-relief-program/
Date: November 10, 2022Author: Nwo Report
Posted BY: Jasmine | NwoReport
A federal judge struck down President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program on Thursday, declaring it unlawful.
District Judge Mark Pittman, a Trump appointee, ruled that the program, which would have provided borrowers with up to $20,000 in student loan relief, was “an unconstitutional exercise of Congress’s legislative power.”
The Biden administration has argued that it has authority to forgive student loans under the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003. However, Pittman rejected this argument on Thursday, finding no “clear congressional authorization” for the program.
The ruling comes in response to a lawsuit filed in October by the Job Creators Network Foundation, a conservative advocacy group, on the behalf of one borrower who is ineligible for the relief program and another who is not eligible for the full $20,000.
The group argued that the Department of Education had failed to allow for public notice and comment on the program, depriving their clients of “their procedural rights to protect their concrete interests.”
Thursday’s ruling represents the biggest victory thus far for conservative opponents of the Biden administration’s debt relief program.
A federal appeals court temporarily put the program on hold in late October following a challenge from six GOP-led states. However, the appeals court ruling only blocked the program while the states’ appeal played out and did not strike down the program outright.
Biden’s debt relief program would forgive up to $10,000 in student loans for borrowers who make under $125,000 and up to $20,000 for those who received Pell Grants.
Thanks to: https://nworeport.me/2022/11/10/federal-judge-strikes-down-biden-student-debt-relief-program/
