3 Points of Focus for Supreme Court in Student Loan Forgiveness Arguments

On Tuesday, Feb. 28, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments for and against the Biden administration’s contested student loan forgiveness program.
As previously reported by The Epoch Times, the Biden administration announced its three-pronged Student Debt Relief program in a Fact Sheet on Aug. 24, 2022, just a little over two months before the Nov. 8, 2022, midterm elections.
A number of legal challenges followed.
On Sept. 27, 2022, a complaint against the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) (pdf) argued that the HEROES Act only authorizes the secretary of education to “waive or modify any statutory or regulatory provision applicable to” student aid programs when “necessary in connection with a war or other military operation or national emergency.”…}