The country’s conservative opposition, including top congressmen and senators, as well as prosecutors and judges, have been discussing legal options to dismantle the president’s plan, saying it represents “illegal executive overreach.”
A federal court in Texas has blocked this Thursday the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness program alleging that it would have violated federal procedures by not having asked for “public comments” before presenting the program.
The Job Creators Network Foundation has filed a lawsuit on behalf of two individuals who claim that President Joe Biden’s action does not qualify for forgiveness of student debt of up to $10,000 for youth earning less than $125,000 a yearas reported by ‘The Washington Post’.
For this reason, Mark Pittmana federal judge appointed by Donald Trumphas blocked the measure after the US Supreme Court refused to block the program after the demands imposed by six states led by the Republicans, concluding that the plaintiffs did not have standing to present said resources.
America’s conservative opposition, including top congressmen and senators, as well as prosecutors and judges, have been discussing legal options to dismantle the Biden planwhich they claim represents “unlawful executive overreach”since he announced it in August, according to the aforementioned newspaper.
In addition, the plaintiffs have also previously argued that the student loan forgiveness program harmed taxpayers or that the federal government “does not have the authority to cancel the debt because Congress has not authorized it.”
Biden’s plan proposes the cancellation of 10,000 dollars in the debt acquired by all those young people who earn less than 125,000 dollars a year. And, in the case of those who have received public aid to pursue higher education, the pardoned money amounts to 20,000 dollarsaccording to the White House.
The US Administration estimates that 45 million citizens have debts of this type, for a total of 1,600 million dollars. About 16 percent of these people do not have the resources to pay for them and this burden is particularly heavy on traditionally vulnerable groups, such as the black community.
Despite attempts by the Republican Party to strike down the measure, the US government has argued that it is authorized to write off the debt through the Higher Education Student Relief Opportunity Act of 2003. The legislation allows The Secretary of Education cancels the debt of student loan borrowers in times of “national emergency”.