CRL Condemns Supreme Court Decision on Student Loan Relief, Urges President Biden to Help Student Borrowers
Washington, D.C. – The Supreme Court of the United States ruled today that President Biden did not have the legal authority to provide up to $20,000 in needed COVID-19 relief to millions of eligible borrowers. Relying upon the emergency authority created by the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 (HEROES Act), the Biden administration sought to cancel federal student loan debt to address the financial harms of the pandemic. However, the plan was quickly blocked by a federal appeals court after it faced a series of legal challenges. Though the Court correctly rejected