TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 24, 2022

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit ruled Friday that President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program should be put on hold while challenges play out, The Hill reports. The decision came in an appeal from six Republican-led states after a federal district judge said the states did not have standing to sue. As of Friday, more than 22 million people had applied for the student loan debt forgiveness program according to the White House. In related news, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett last week rejected an emergency bid from a group of Wisconsin taxpayers to block the plan. Tennessee Daily has that story.