The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority struck down President Biden’s proposal to cancel at least some student debt for tens of millions of borrowers, saying it overstepped the powers of the Education Department.

In a 6-to-3 decision, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote that a mass debt cancellation program of such significance required clear approval by Congress.

Chief Justice Roberts declared that the administration’s logic — that the secretary of education’s power to “waive or modify” loan terms allowed for debt cancellation — was a vast overreach. “In the same sense that the French Revolution ‘modified’ the status of the French nobility,” he wrote, quoting a previous court decision.

  • @theonlykl@partizle.com
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    21 year ago

    😔

    Not looking forward to resuming my debt payments. I’d imagine the larger consequence being a bigger hit on the economy as a whole.

    We are about to see a drop in consumer spending, which being one of the core functions of how capitalism operates its not gonna bode well. Combine that aspect with inflation, layoffs and a housing crisis is not going to be a fun time for anyone.