The Biden and Harris regime have gone off the deep end. They’re throwing law and order out.
Because Biden and Harris are directly disobeying this U.S. Supreme Court order.
In June 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court finally ruled that the Biden-Harris administration’s huge plan to unilaterally forgive student loans at the expense of taxpayers was flat-out unconstitutional. There was no justification for this plan from a legal constitutionality standpoint.
The 6-3 vote from the U.S. Supreme Court Justices meant that the plan to just automatically wipe $400 billion in student loans off the books couldn’t be executed and any similar plans would have to go through Congress. They reinforced the power of the purse for Congress, a constitutional power that is sadly being blurred, much like the congressional power to declare war.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris don’t really seem to care what the U.S Supreme Court says on this issue, as they are barreling forward with student loan cancellation plans that are nearly as expensive as the ones that the High Court said were illegal back in June of 2023.
BREAKING — Supreme Court strikes down Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan
“The Supreme Court on Friday invalidated President Joe Biden’s student loan debt relief plan, meaning the long-delayed proposal intended to implement a campaign trail promise will not go into effect.… pic.twitter.com/Ztlkt2OpEY
— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) June 30, 2023
Biden Cancels $4.5 Billion in Student Debt for Public-Service Workers
President Joe Biden has announced the cancellation of an additional $4.5 billion in student debt for more than 60,000 public-service workers through a federal student aid program. This decision comes amid ongoing legal challenges to his broader student loan forgiveness initiatives.
Since taking office, Biden has forgiven a total of $175 billion in student loans for nearly 5 million borrowers, according to a White House statement. This amount represents about 11 percent of the remaining federal student debt, as reported by CNN. The president’s actions have benefited over 1 million public-service workers under these initiatives.
Once, twice, three times a tyrant.
Biden ignores the federal courts again and approves cancellation of another $4.5 billion in student debt for over 60,000 borrowers.
Thus far President Biden has canceled 1 million debtors holding outstanding student loans. In total, $175… pic.twitter.com/6PvkIK319G
— Andrea Shaffer, Employment/Labor Law (@Andreafreedom76) October 17, 2024
Throughout the year, Biden has made several announcements regarding student loan forgiveness, drawing criticism from Republican leaders who argue that the Democratic administration is overstepping its authority. Recently, a federal judge in Missouri issued a temporary halt to the administration’s student loan forgiveness efforts, pending a court ruling on the legality of the plan. Meanwhile, a judge in Georgia allowed a temporary restraining order to expire, permitting a lawsuit filed by seven Republican-led states to proceed.
Despite the Missouri judge’s preliminary injunction, the Biden administration is continuing its efforts to forgive federal student loans. Last year, the Supreme Court struck down the administration’s original student loan forgiveness proposal, and in August, the Court declined to revive the latest plan, which had been blocked by an appeals court’s nationwide injunction.
The program involved in the latest announcement is the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan. Currently, this plan is on hold, placing at least eight million borrowers in a forbearance period until legal issues are resolved. It remains uncertain whether the Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, which was referenced in Biden’s recent announcement, is affected by the nationwide injunction.
The appeals court has not clarified whether the PSLF is included in the injunction, and the Supreme Court has opted not to intervene.
Established by Congress in 2007, the PSLF program offers loan forgiveness to public-sector workers — including teachers, nurses, first responders, and social workers — after they make ten years of qualifying payments.
In statements following the announcement, Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris emphasized their administration’s commitment to providing more student debt relief than any prior administration. Biden noted that only 7,000 individuals had received student loan forgiveness under the PSLF before he took office in 2021, asserting, “We vowed to fix that.”
Harris positioned herself as a candidate focused on reducing education costs and student debt. She stated, “While Republican elected officials do everything in their power to block millions of their own constituents from receiving this much needed economic relief, I will continue our work to lower costs, make higher education more affordable, and relieve the burden of student debt.”
Critics of these student loan “forgiveness” plans point out that they are always discussed more during hot election years, just as Joe Biden’s original plan was back just before the 2022 midterms.
Stay tuned to the DC Daily Journal.
