Three Republican-led states are asking the Supreme Court for emergency intervention to temporarily block implementation of President Biden’s latest effort to provide student loan benefits to millions of borrowers.
Any time-sensitive appeals would go to Justice Neil Gorsuch, who could decide on his own or ask his colleagues for an opinion.
The court will likely require the government to file a response, and a court order will be issued within days or weeks.
A federal appeals court in Denver on Sunday issued an order temporarily blocking a lower court ruling against the Biden administration in the case.
After calling for respect for the justice system, Biden called the Supreme Court’s Trump decision an “assault” on the “rule of law.”
Alaska, Texas and South Carolina are asking the Supreme Court for emergency intervention to temporarily block the Biden administration’s latest student loan grant. (Fox News)
The states of Alaska, Texas and South Carolina, which filed emergency petitions, are currently asking the Supreme Court to lift the injunction.
The Savings for a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan, announced by the administration last year, would help millions of borrowers enrolled in federal student loan programs lower their monthly payments and pave the way for debt forgiveness.
The reduced payments are set to begin July 1 for an estimated 8 million borrowers enrolled in the SAVE program.
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President Biden spoke about student loan debt at the University of Madison in Madison, Wisconsin, on April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
In their petition for Gorsuch, Attorneys General Alan Wilson of South Carolina, Ken Paxton of Texas and Treg Taylor of Alaska said the court “unfortunately must again intervene” because of the administration’s “intransigence.”
“Time is of the essence. Not only do states and the public need to know as soon as possible whether the SAVE Plan is lawful, but the Biden Administration is not done yet,” the attorneys general wrote. “On April 17, 2024, the Department of State issued new rules that would spend hundreds of billions of dollars on student loan forgiveness, 89 Fed. Reg. 27654.”
“We expect that this proposed rule will be finalized well before the end of this litigation, absent intervention from this Court. Legal certainty from this Court is essential any time hundreds of billions of dollars are at stake, but is especially important in this instance, when critics across the political spectrum have noted that the federal government is ignoring this Court’s decisions in Nebraska.”
“Accordingly, the Court should either grant review of the SAVE Plan and summarily dismiss it, or allow the case to be briefed and argued in order to preserve the integrity of federal law and prevent the Department from unilaterally awarding hundreds of billions of dollars.”
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Student loan borrowers rallied in front of the White House to celebrate President Biden’s student loan forgiveness. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images)
Earlier this year, Biden unveiled the SAVE plan. Cancel a debt Enrolled borrowers with at least 10 years of repayment and $12,000 or less in student loan debt are eligible. Borrowers with more debt receive relief after one additional year of repayment for every $1,000 they owe.
June 2023, supreme court The 6-3 ruling said federal law does not allow Biden, the education secretary, to forgive more than $430 billion in student loan debt.
Biden promised at the time that his administration would continue to pursue a student loan debt relief plan.
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“I think the court misinterpreted the Constitution,” Biden said shortly after the ruling.
