Wait. Didn’t the Republican Supreme Court just decided that a president can do anything he damn well wants without consequence? I don’t see the problem. Ignore the 10th and 8th Circuits and implement the program.
the problem is, if you work for the government, and the President tells you to do something illegal or against current policy, you the employee are not shielded from consequences the same way the President is.
I’m not sure that’s ever been conclusively tested.
well yeah, the Supreme Court only just made this ruling a few weeks ago. Username checks out. lol
What I’m hearing is that Biden should spend the rest of his term handwriting checks.
Could Biden just fucken pardon everyone of their student debt? I think the Supreme Court ruling says he can.
Pardon their debt? Unlikely.
Pardon any conviction for violating state law for non-repayment? No.
Preemptively pardon any conviction for violating federal law for non-repayment? Yes.
The only problem would be that a pardon doesn’t expunge the conviction. So they would still have to deal with a legal record, which may or may not be a real problem.
fucken
Short for fuckEng?
It’s a little extra operational overhead, but they should proceed with the program everywhere but the areas that are subject to those specific appeals courts. Whenever a borrower from one of those states applies, just send back a form letter naming the judges who’ve blocked their access to relief from the predatory practices of lenders, and spell it out for them. Name the governors and other state officials who signed on to the challenge, then use the form letter to foment action against them.
To be fair, they did send an email to borrowers a week or so ago that did that (without naming names)
Useless. Put a face on the problem so that people know who, specifically, to blame for blocking their path to a better life.
Debt indenture is alive and well in the United States of America.
I’m glad to hear that, thank you for pointing this out to me.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court blocked the implementation of the Biden administration’s student debt relief plan, which would have lowered monthly payments for millions of borrowers.
The PSLF program, which provides relief for teachers, nurses, firefighters and other public servants who make 120 qualifying monthly payments, was originally passed in 2007.
The Biden administration adjusted some of the programs rules and retroactively gave many borrowers credits towards their required payments.
In June, federal judges in Kansas and Missouri issued separate rulings that blocked much of the administration’s plan to provide a faster path towards loan cancellation and reduce monthly income-based repayment from 10% to 5% of a borrower’s discretionary income.
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling that allowed the department to proceed with the lowered monthly payments.
“And, we won’t stop fighting against Republican elected officials’ efforts to raise costs on millions of their own constituents’ student loan payments.”
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