April 17, 2023
There's Another Legal Route Biden Can Use to Cancel Student Debt, And the Supreme Court's Latest Move Shows the Justices Could Be Open to It
We just got another sign that President Joe Biden's student-loan forgiveness might not be doomed — even if the Supreme Court strikes it down the first time around. The Supreme Court is already considering whether Biden's plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for federal borrowers is legal. It heard oral arguments in the case in February, and it will decide by June whether millions of borrowers will see a reduction to their balances this year. But that's not the latest legal challenge to a student-debt-relief policy.