A lower court ruling that halted a rule from the former administration of President Joe Biden that assists students who have been scammed by their colleges in having their loans forgiven will be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Biden administration waived billions of dollars in student loan debt under the borrower defense rule. The Biden administration updated the rule in 2022, despite the fact that it had been in place for decades. The program allows anyone who were defrauded by their schooling to have their loans erased.
Politico reports that the ruling of the lower court may now lead to additional restrictions on the rule.
“It simply means that arguments regarding the extent of the Department of Education’s authority regarding [the borrower defense rule] will be heard by the Supreme Court,” Altmire told the site. Although it is unclear how the new Trump administration will present the government’s position, we are certain that the case’s facts will demonstrate that the Department’s burdensome [borrower defense rule] exceeded its bounds.
This case will test the Biden administration’s jurisdiction under the Higher Education Act of 1965.
The Supreme Court’s decision will affect when and how students who have been defrauded can get compensation.
The Biden administration has advocated for student loan relief, including the cancellation of loan debt, despite legal challenges that have severely undermined the administration’s efforts to forgive student debts.
Biden made a pledge to waive student loans throughout the campaign. His government announced that it will attempt to pay off the $10,000 debt for each borrower and the $20,000 debt for Pell Grant recipients.
Several states sued Biden and the Department of Education over the scheme, even though the administration permitted loan forgiveness applications to stay open until closing them in November 2022.
Then, in June 2023, the Supreme Court struck down the forgiveness plan, dealing a severe blow to the administration right before last year’s elections.
Most Republicans are against student loan forgiveness because they believe it is unfair to borrowers who have worked hard for years to successfully and appropriately repay their debt. If the Trump administration ceased defending a number of the ongoing challenges, the project would be nullified.
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court made news when it turned down an appeal contesting Delaware’s ban on assault rifles and magazines with a large capacity, as well as a case involving Maryland’s handgun licensing laws.
The Court avoided dealing with two important issues touching the divisive topic of gun rights by doing this.
After a lower court declined to give a preliminary injunction, a coalition of gun enthusiasts and firearm advocacy groups appealed Delaware’s ban on “assault weapons” and magazines that could store more than 17 rounds, but the justices denied their request.
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Although these weapons have been used in a number of mass shootings in the United States, the FBI crime statistics show that handguns are utilized in the great majority of gun-related killings.
The gun rights organization Maryland Shall Issue and other plaintiffs appealed a lower court decision that affirmed the state’s licensing legislation as being in line with the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, but the justices refused to hear their case.
The court did not act on two distinct appeals contesting Maryland’s assault weapon ban and one in Rhode Island concerning large-capacity ammunition magazines, even though the justices declined to consider these two cases.
The Supreme Court has continuously upheld an originalist view of gun rights in landmark decisions since 2008, thanks to a 6-3 conservative majority, three of whom were chosen by President-Elect Donald Trump during his first term in office.
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