Advocates rallied outside the Supreme Court in February to show support for the Biden administrations plan to forgive up to $20,000 in federal student loans for eligible Americans.
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President Biden does not have the authority to forgive student loans, the Supreme Court said in a 6-to-3 decision that dooms the administrations debt-relief plans.
The courts conservative justices sided with six Republican attorneys general who argued that the administration didnt have the authority to forgive federal student loans under a 2003 law. The attorneys from six statesArkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Carolinaalleged that the plan would harm state revenues and agencies that h…
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