A federal judge will let expire a temporary restraining order against the Biden administration's sweeping new student loan forgiveness plan, which could deliver relief to tens of millions of Americans.
U.S. District Judge Randal Hall in Georgia, appointed by former Republican President George W. Bush, delivered the win for the Biden administration late on Wednesday.
The ruling means Biden may move forward with his administration's student loan forgiveness plan, just weeks before the November election.
The development stems from a lawsuit against the aid package brought by seven GOP-led states. The states — Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, North Dakota and Ohio — said the U.S. Department of Education's new debt cancellation effort is illegal.
However, Hall found that Georgia lacked standing to sue against the relief plan, and could not be the venue for the case.
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The judge directed the case to be transferred to Missouri since the states claim Biden's plan would most harm student loan servicer Mohela, or the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority.
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FutureYou1 on October 3rd, 2024 at 16:50 UTC »
Does this keep the original 20k Pell grant forgiveness alive? I assume this is just for the revised forgiveness plan?
Ok_Mathematician938 on October 3rd, 2024 at 16:12 UTC »
Has anyone from Mohela ever actually said that this would hurt them and that they're concerned?
Nikanoru181 on October 3rd, 2024 at 16:00 UTC »
The article is like two paragraphs, TLDR judge said Georgia has no base and to move case to Missouri instead so....yeah.