TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 29, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday declined without comment the Biden administration’s request to reinstate its new student debt relief as legal challenges to the plan proceed, SCOTUSblog reports. Two groups of Republican state attorneys general challenged the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan, arguing the administration does not have legal authority to implement it. In those cases, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allowed the plan to go forward while the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals effectively blocked it. The conflict in the appellate courts led the administration to seek the Supreme Court’s emergency intervention. The Hill also reports that the court turned down an alternative idea proposed by all sides that it consider the case on the merits during its upcoming term.