Biden’s Student Loan Debt Relief Program Halted in Two Courts

Two federal judges on Monday separately ordered a temporary halt to parts of a flagship Biden administration program to reduce student debt payments and speed up loan forgiveness for some borrowers.

Large student loan debt cancellation plans are a “major question” that Congress should answer, Judge Daniel D. Crabtree of the US District Court for the District of Kansas wrote, partially granting a coalition of states’ motion for a preliminary injunction in a ruling that will affect states throughout the US. The Biden administration employed a “transformative expansion in regulatory authority without clear congressional authorization” with its latest relief plan, ...