Biden ‘SAVE’ Student Loan Debt Relief Plan Faces Appeals Court

Three states faced questioning from a federal appeals court Wednesday about their standing to challenge the Biden administration’s student loan debt forgiveness program, while the US Education Department was pressed on the impact of a separate circuit ruling temporarily halting the program.

Texas Solicitor General Aaron L. Nielson said that Texas, Alaska, and South Carolina established Article III standing because they will be injured by receiving less interest with borrowers’ loans being consolidated under the Biden administration’s Saving on a Valuable Education Plan.

But Judge David M. Ebel , of the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, pointed ...