Federal Judges Halt Biden's Student-Loan Forgiveness Plan ... Again

In Kansas, U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree ruled in a lawsuit filed by the state’s attorney general, Kris Kobach, on behalf of his state and 10 others. In his ruling, Crabtree allowed parts of the program that allow students who borrowed $12,000 or less to have the rest of their loans forgiven if they make 10 years’ worth of payments, instead of the standard 25.

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But Crabtree said that the Department of Education won’t be allowed to implement parts of the program meant to help students who had larger loans and could have their monthly payments lowered and their required payment period reduced from 25 years to 20 years.

In Missouri, U.S. District Judge John Ross’ order applies to different parts of the program than Crabtree’s. His order says that the U.S. Department of Education cannot forgive loan balances going forward. He said the department still could lower monthly payments.


Ross issued a ruling in a lawsuit filed by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey on behalf of his state and six others.

Ed Morrissey

Golly, that pesky Constitution still applies! If Congress wants to forgive the loans, they can pass legislation to do so. Presidents cannot unilaterally forgive student-loan debt, although the executive branch can restructure it for lower payments over a longer period of time. We've gone over and over this issue, but Biden wants another election-year appeal to thousands of debt carriers who now realize they got rooked by Academia. To that extent, Biden already got what he wanted out of this effort. 

Karen had more earlier today on this, too. 

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