Posted on 09/20/2022 9:46:39 AM PDT by karpov
The Biden administration and Republican opponents of mass student debt cancellation appear headed for a legal confrontation with hundreds of billions of dollars at stake just weeks before the November midterm elections.
GOP state attorneys general, conservative groups and federal lawmakers are laying the groundwork to challenge President Biden’s executive action to cancel up to $20,000 of debt for most of the 40 million people with federal student loan debt. Would-be plaintiffs can’t take action until the administration makes a formal move toward cancellation, such as releasing an application for loan forgiveness or wiping out the balances of a first batch of borrowers.
The Education Department has said it would unveil an application for borrowers to register their income and Pell Grant status, two factors that determine relief eligibility, by early October. At that point, the department could move ahead with canceling the debt of nearly eight million borrowers whose relevant income data is already available to the department. Republican legal challenges are expected to start then, and legal experts say it is possible that the administration’s plan could be frozen by a federal judge within days.
That could throw the financial future of tens of millions of potential voters into uncertainty just weeks before Election Day on Nov. 8. and provide a real-world test of student debt’s potency as a political issue.
Democrats say that a legal battle weeks before the midterms could further motivate voters to turn out and back their party in November, in the hopes that Democratic wins would help protect the program. Republicans say that many voters oppose the debt plan and that even among its supporters, the strategy could backfire if a judge effectively blocks the program, leaving voters feeling that Mr. Biden’s action was an empty promise.
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
Legally, Biden doesn’t have the power or authority to forgive or pay for student loans.
And, spending is one of the powers that belong in the legislative branch. Biden can/should only spend what has been authorized by the legislative branch.
If edicts by the executive branch were to be how the republic is governed, then, there would be no government at all, because, the whole country would be in ruins. Biden’s executive orders have demonstrated how dangerous those executive powers can be. The president needs to be reigned in.
Hogwash, first of all it's as unpopular with honest Dems as it is everyone else. Secondly, it will barely start the process prior to November and there will be no substantive news about it to rally anyone.
I’m going to play devils advocate here. The secretary of education does have broad authority to modify student loans and conditions of their repayment (per the higher education act of 1965 as amended). Biden instead though relied on the heroes act which states that in times of emergency student loans can be cancelled or modified. Trump used the heroes act to stop interest and repayment on them—freezing them during the pandemic. But Since Biden just announced on 60 minutes that the pandemic is over I’d think the legal challenges might be easier.
GOOD
I saw a honest Democrat once. He was walking his unicorn
Most all are low info voters, the register Dem because their Dad or Mom did. Or, in many liberal Dem cities people register Dem so their assessments don't go up.
What is this creature of which you speak?
I believe the Heroes Act applies to army staffing.
Funding bills for the army are constitutionally limited to two years.
Emergency is a word related to emerge.
Joe is about two years too late to use a early 2020 emergency.
“early October”
buying votes
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/20/1098bb
That links to:
affected individual
(2) Affected individual The term “affected individual” means an individual who— (A) is serving on active duty during a war or other military operation or national emergency; (B) is performing qualifying National Guard duty during a war or other military operation or national emergency; (C) resides or is employed in an area that is declared a disaster area by any Federal, State, or local official in connection with a national emergency; or (D) suffered direct economic hardship as a direct result of a war or other military operation or national emergency, as determined by the Secretary.
Why do republican idiots always pick the wrong hill to die on. I am trying to say they always seem to get some spunk for things that are less important in the scheme of things. Right now there are so many other things they could be doing. They are just useless.
They are out there, albeit a small population, basically an endangered species.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.