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Round-up: Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Biden Student Loan Forgiveness Plan - February 27, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on the Biden administration’s student debt forgiveness plan on Tuesday, February 28.
 
President Biden issued an executive order in September 2022 canceling up to $10,000 in student loan debt per borrower and up to $20,000 in debt per borrower who received a Pell Grant. Some 26 million borrowers applied for the program with 16 million applications approved when the Education Department shut down the application process following two separate court rulings that the plan was an “unconstitutional exercise of Congress’s legislative power” that also failed to go through normal regulatory processes.  A judge also rejected the Biden administration’s argument that based the authority to cancel student loans on a 2003 law, known as the HEROES Act, which grants special powers to the Education Department during national emergencies.
 
The Biden administration moved swiftly to file an appeal.
 
Below is a sample of national media coverage in advance of the Supreme Court hearing:
 
Student Loan Case Before Supreme Court Poses Pressing Question: Who Can Sue?
The New York Times (February 27, 2023)
 
A Supreme Showdown Over Debt Relief
Inside Higher Ed (February 27, 2023)
 
What to Know as Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Goes to Supreme Court
The Washington Post (February 27, 2023)
 
Biden’s Student Debt Relief Gets Its Day in Court
Politico Weekly Education (February 27, 2023)
 
Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Program Comes Before Supreme Court
The Washington Post (February 26, 2023)
 
Is Biden's Student Debt Forgiveness Plan Dead? Four Questions the Supreme Court Could Answer
USA Today (February 26, 2023)
 
Millions of Borrowers Have Had Billions in Student Loan Debt Erased and There's More to Come. Here's How.
USA Today (February 26, 2023)
 
Justice Thomas Wrote of ‘Crushing Weight’ of Student Loans
Associated Press (February 25, 2023)
 

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