GOP Challenge to Biden-Era Student Loan Rule Dismissed as Moot

A lawsuit brought by a group of Republican-led states challenging a Biden-era student loan forgiveness rule was dismissed as moot after the Trump administration effectively ended the program.

Judge John A. Ross rejected a joint request by the states and the Trump administration to rule on the merits and vacate the rule “given the apparent lack of adversity between the parties, which has existed for many months, and their ability to mutually achieve the relief originally sought without further intervention from the Court.” The US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri enjoined the federal government from granting further ...