Two federal judges in Kansas and Missouri on Monday at the urging of several Republican-led states blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from further implementing a new student debt relief plan that lowers payments.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a Republican who helped lead the litigation, hailed Ross’ decision. “Congress never gave Biden the authority to saddle working Americans with half-a-trillion dollars in other people’s debt,” he wrote on social media platform X.Illegal migrants lured Jocelyn Nungaray, 12, under bridge, assaulted her for 2 hours before killing her: prosecutors
Eleven states challenged the plan in a lawsuit in Kansas. Crabtree had recently dismissed eight of the states’ claims, but allowed South Carolina, Texas and Alaska to push forward. Seven other states sued in Missouri.Neither judge on Monday ordered any debt relief already granted unwound. Crabtree said the Republican-led states waited too long to sue to claim they were being irreparably harmed by the in-effect aspects of the SAVE Plan.