White House Files Supreme Court Emergency Appeal to Reinstate Student Debt Program

The Biden administration on Friday asked the  U.S. Supreme Court reinstate its student loan debt program and claimed its within the authority of the executive branch after a lower court blocked it several days ago.
The program, unveiled weeks before the 2022 midterm elections, promised to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers.
The St. Louis-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit on Nov. 10 froze the plan and prompted the federal government to stop receiving applications, ruling in favor of six Republican-led states. A federal judge in Texas also struck down the White House’s student loan program last week, siding with a lawsuit brought by the Job Creators Network Foundation….}