U.S. judge declares Biden's student debt relief plan unconstitutional

[boppo1]

How quick will we get to see this go to SCOTUS? As a student debt holder, I don't think outright forgiveness is a good move (the income-based payment and interest rate adjustments are enough). However I'm a pragmatist and will take it if it is given. It would be nice to have some certainty to plan around.

[jleyank]

Article didn't say why - could somebody provide a link that actually said what the problem(s) were?

[hirundo]

The article says

* The plaintiffs allege that they can show harm, and

* the HEROES Act does not authorize the expenditure, therefore

* "The Program is thus an unconstitutional exercise of Congress's legislative power and must be vacated."

The ruling will be a variation of that explanation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_of_the_purse#United_Stat...

[rsj_hn]

Because spending money needs to be authorized by Congress through law. A president can't just issue an executive order and say "You don't need to pay this government guaranteed debt -- the taxpayers will pick up the tab. Because I said so."

There have been several executive orders that were found unconstitutional:

- Executive order that landlords can't evict tenants for non-payment of rent during covid

- Several executive orders about vaccine mandates

- Executive order imposing a moratorium on oil and gas leasing

etc.

[puffoflogic]

Joke's on them. Getting this blocked is a huge boon to Democrat elite, who can now continue to promise this for another decade and still never have to actually spend their bargaining chip. It's brilliant, really.

[zeroonetwothree]

At least we have some sane judges

[sonotathrowaway]

By a Trump appointed judge, of course.