Supreme Court declines to halt Biden student loan debt relief after Wisconsin taxpayers sue
By Kaelan Deese, Supreme Court Reporter
October 19, 2022 02:58 PM
The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to take up a lawsuit filed by a group of Wisconsin taxpayers who asked to halt the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness program.
An emergency request was filed to Justice Amy Coney Barrett just days after the administration began accepting applications for the program, which saw more than 8 million sign-ups during the program's pilot phase over the weekend. The high court declined to take up the case without any noted comment or dissent.
The challengers included the Brown County Taxpayers Association, which called President Joe Biden 's national debt cancellation plan an illegal decision that violated Congress's discretionary spending power.
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty filed the lawsuit on behalf of the BCTA, arguing that "it is critical that the U.S. Supreme Court weighs in on the President’s unconstitutional student loan relief plan before Sunday, when the loan forgiveness could start," WILL President Rick Esenberg wrote in a press readout.
The challengers wanted the high court to block the loan forgiveness program while an appeal plays out at the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The lawsuit was initially filed in a federal district court on Oct. 4 before the court dismissed the lawsuit due to a lack of standing, which prompted the group to appeal to the 7th Circuit.
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