Six states urge U.S. Supreme Court to keep block on Biden student debt relief

[SalamanderSleeps]

Nov 23 (Reuters) - Six states on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject President Joe Biden's bid to reinstate his plan to cancel billions of dollars in student debt that they have argued exceeded his administration's authority.

The states - Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Carolina - filed a response to the Biden administration's request for the justices to lift a lower court's injunction halting the program while litigation over its legality continues. Five of the six states are Republican governed while the other, Kansas, has a Republican attorney general.

In their filing, the states said Biden's administration is trying to "assert power far beyond anything Congress could have conceived." The administration has said the Nov. 14 decision to block the plan leaves millions of economically vulnerable borrowers in limbo.

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So, this whole mess won't be resolved anytime soon. The Biden administration has extended the "pause" in repayment until at least June of 2023 to forestall the GOP's legal maneuvers.

This means borrowers won't have to get out their checkbooks until at least August of 2023, and perhaps beyond, all thanks to the GOP trying to blindly screw with the Biden administration's policies.

I'll take a payment holiday anyway it comes.

And come 2024 I think many voters will be easily reminded of how helpful not having pay for student was during these trying economic times.

Regardless of how things turn out the GOP are going to be shown as the d*ckheads they are.

Go GOP, go.

link:
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/six-states-urge-us-supreme-court-keep-block-biden-student-debt-relief-2022-11-23/

[pwb]

1. So pass it and their States should get nothing?

Sounds good to me. Change the distribution formula to if your Senators vote no their citizens don't get it. These puke states always voting against things and then brag about how it helps their states. Bullshit.

[Beachnutt]

2. Hopefully the borrowers receive a letter

explaining why their payment is suspended until 2023 and that the rethugs are fighting the debt forgiveness put in place by President Biden and the Dems.
Most red state voters have no clue as fox news watchers

[AllyCat]

3. I got one yesterday. Says as soon as the court cases are decided

I am approved for forgiveness.

[Trenzalore]

4. Got the same one

I wish it came with photos of the Attorney Generals of the States that were blocking it.

[Jeanette87]

6. We got the letter too

My husband, a reliable Republican voter, is pissed that they're blocking this out of spite.

I don't know how many people are looking at this and saying "Phew! I'm so relieved that Republicans are fighting for me by blocking student debt relief."

[Cobalt Violet]

5. Mostly taker states.