Biden’s Latest Student Debt Relief Plan Blocked by Federal Court

President Joe Biden’s latest effort to lower student debt burdens faced a setback Thursday with a federal court saying the plan’s likely unconstitutional and putting it on ice.

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri granted a GOP-led coalition’s request for a preliminary injunction.

“Balancing the harm and the injury, merged with the public’s interest, easily leads this Court to the conclusion that preliminary injunctive relief should issue,” said Judge Matthew T. Schelp in a memorandum order. “The public has an immense interest in its own government following the law.”

Schelp’s ruling temporarily blocks the US ...