Supreme Court Rejects Emergency Challenge to Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday rejected an emergency challenge by a group of Wisconsin taxpayers to the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program.
In a one-sentence order, Barrett denied the request, preventing it from going to the full bench. Barrett has jurisdiction over the lower court that ruled on the case.
The Brown County Taxpayers Association urged the court on Wednesday to block President Joe Biden’s national debt cancellation plan, saying it is illegal and encroaches on Congress’s exclusive spending power.
A U.S. district judge in Wisconsin had previously ruled that the legal challenge lacked standing. A bid to halt the ruling while a formal appeal plays out was rejected by an intermediate appeals court. This prompted the failed Supreme Court appeal bid….