A federal appeals court has blocked the implementation of the Biden administration’s student debt relief plan, which would have lowered monthly payments for millions of borrowers.
  • CaptObvious@literature.cafe
    15·
    2 months ago

    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.

    • coyotino [he/him]@beehaw.orgEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      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.

    • SteevyT@beehaw.org
      6·
      2 months ago

      Could Biden just fucken pardon everyone of their student debt? I think the Supreme Court ruling says he can.

      • CaptObvious@literature.cafe
        2·
        2 months ago

        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.

  • LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org
    6·
    2 months ago

    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.

    • Midnitte@beehaw.orgEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      To be fair, they did send an email to borrowers a week or so ago that did that (without naming names)

      • CaptObvious@literature.cafe
        8·
        2 months ago

        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.