https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/bidens-student-loan-forgiveness-plan-can-take-effect-judge-lets-restra-rcna173837Oct. 3, 2024, 9:41 AM MDT / Updated Oct. 3, 2024, 10:11 AM MDT
By Rebecca Shabad
President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program can proceed after a judge Wednesday let a temporary restraining order on the plan expire.
It’s a minor victory for the Biden administration just weeks ahead of the presidential election. The lawsuit was brought in September by seven GOP-led states — Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, North Dakota and Ohio — against Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona.
U.S. District Judge Randall Hall wrote in his order, filed in the Southern District of Georgia, that Georgia lacks standing to challenge the plan "because it failed to show an injury that is concrete, particularized, actual, or imminent."
"Without standing, the Court finds it proper to dismiss Georgia as a party to the suit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and turns to Defendants’ arguments related to venue," he wrote.
