(PartiallyPolitics.com) – On Thursday, a federal appeals court blocked the Saving on a Valuable Education program.
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted Republican-led states’ request for an administrative stay on the student loan repayment plan that would have lowered payments for millions of Americans indebted by student loans.
The ruling prohibits the Biden administration from executing parts of SAVE that lower courts hadn’t already blocked.
Before Thursday’s ruling, the Biden administration announced it would forgive $1,2 billion in student loans for 35,000 people in public service, including teachers, law enforcement officers, nurses, and first responders, as part of its Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
Currently, SAVE is facing two legal challenges.
Last month, a Kansas judge ruled the Education Department could not enact the plan’s scope because it hadn’t received authority from Congress.
Also in June, a federal judge in Missouri ruled that the Department of Education couldn’t forgive loans as doing so deprives state loan operators of revenue.
Then, on Thursday, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the remaining aspects of the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan.
Taking to social media, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin heralded the appeals court decision as “the latest blow to President Biden’s unlawful plans” of canceling student loan debts without approval from Congress.
Griffin decried Biden’s disregard for the “separation of powers in the constitution” and “the fundamentals articulated in schoolhouse rock.”
Following Thursday’s ruling, a spokesperson for the Department of Education revealed the administration would be “aggressively” defending the SAVE plan and wouldn’t “stop fighting against Republican elected officials’ efforts.”
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