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The New Orleans-based Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied President Joe Biden’s request to reinstate the program student loan debt relief which seeks to forgive billions of dollars owed for more than 54 million borrowers.
In sum, plan focuses on forgiving $12, dollars in federal student loans to each borrower and double that amount to Pell grant recipients.
However, a panel of three judges unanimously decided not to overturn a decision made on 19 November by U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman, who ruled student loan deliveries illegal and temporarily suspended them. tea.
It should be noted that the Fifth Circuit court does not include any judge appointed by Joe Biden, as it is made up of judges Jennifer Elrod, James Graves and James C. Ho, elected by former presidents George W. Bush, Barrack Obama and Donald Trump, respectively.
Prior to knowing the ruling of said court, the Department of Justice announced that, in the event that the appeal was denied, it would request the intervention of the Supreme Court of the United States.
We’re working with companies, community colleges, technical schools, and union-led apprentice and training programs to make sure all American workers – with or without a college degree – are prepared to compete with anyone in the world.— President Biden (@POTUS) November 19, 2023
One point to note is that the St. Louis-based Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit also issued an injunction blocking the enforcement of of the student loan forgiveness program.
In the midst of the legal battle, Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas and South Carolina argue that the position taken by the Biden administration in seeking to forgive a portion of federal student loan debt is an abuse.
“The law requires He wants a real connection to a national emergency. But the dependency of the Department of the COVID-pandemic 19 is a pretext to mask the president’s true goal of fulfilling his campaign promise to erase student loan debt,” the governors of those states wrote at the time.
Meanwhile, the Department of Education extended student loan repayments until June 2023, the date when Borrowers will have 54 additional days to make their payments.
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