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Another Rebuke for Pen & Phone Governance

Another Rebuke for Pen & Phone Governance

The Supreme Court ends its term by slapping President Biden's cynical power grab regarding student loans.

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Jul 01, 2023
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Yesterday, in the final case decided this term, the Supreme Court, in the case Biden v. Nebraska, ruled 6-3 that President Biden didn’t have the power to forgive student loans.

Biden claimed that the Secretary of Education had the power to cancel $430 million of fed student loans under the 9/11-era HEROES Act, which allows the secretary to “waive or modi…

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