[alsaaro]

Biden's legal justification for student debt forgiveness was the 2003 Hero's Act, which allowed the Secretary of Education to discharge student loans debt in times of national emergency (like a Pandemic).

Trump cited this enabling law when he halted student loan payments.

The Supreme Court, invented a new legal theory called the "major questions doctrine" they self-cited as justification to end this policy. The Supreme Court is not a King either, though clearly they want to be.

[monocasa]

This action was taken before the emergency was over, it's simply taken this long to go through the courts.

[alsaaro]

The Republican Supreme Court ruled against this because it is not simpatico with their pollical beliefs.

The statutory authority for Biden's actions is there, that doesn't matter because black-letter law and jurisprudence don't matter anymore, only conservative political outcomes.