Round-up: Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Biden Student Loan Forgiveness Plan - March 1, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court seems likely to sink President Joe Biden’s plan to wipe away or reduce student loan balances held by millions of Americans, according to numerous media reports following nearly three hours of arguments on Tuesday.
 
Chief Justice John Roberts led the court in questioning the administration’s authority to broadly cancel federal student loans because of the COVID-19 emergency, the Associated Press reported.  It was not clear that any of the six justices appointed by Republican presidents would approve of the debt relief program.
 
Media observers believe that the only hope for Biden’s plan moving forward appears to be the slim possibility, based on the arguments, that the court would find that Republican-led states and individuals challenging the plan lacked the legal right to sue.
 
Below are media reports on the arguments and several commentaries:
 
Supreme Court Justices Skeptical of Debt Relief
Inside Higher Ed (March 1, 2023)
 
Student-Loan Borrowers Likely Won’t Know for Months if Debt Will Be Forgiven
The Wall Street Journal (March 1, 2023)
 
Outside Supreme Court, Students Rally for Loan Forgiveness
The New York Times (March 1, 2023)
 
John Roberts Takes Center Stage in the Battle Over Student Loan Forgiveness
CNN.com (March 1, 2023)
 
Amy Coney Barrett Joins Liberal Supreme Court Justices in Scrutinizing a Student-Loan Company's Involvement in One of the Lawsuits Blocking Biden's Debt Relief
Insider.com (March 1, 2023)
 
As Court Debates Student Loans, Borrowers See Disconnect
Associated Press (March 1, 2023)
 
Supreme Court Picks Apart Question of Standing in Student Loan Forgiveness Lawsuits
Higher Ed Dive (March 1, 2023)
  
Major Questions in the Student-Loan Forgiveness Case - Editorial
The Wall Street Journal (March 1, 2023)
 
The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Have a Flexible New ‘Doctrine’ - Commentary
CNBC (March 1, 2023)