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Student Loan Forgiveness Program Fails to Survive Supreme Court Scrutiny

Constitutional Law Reporter

Nebraska , 600 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S. The HEROES Act allows the Secretary to ‘waive or modify’” provisions of the student aid laws, “but does not allow the Secretary to rewrite that statute to the extent of canceling $430 billion of student loan principal,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote on behalf of the Court. In Biden v.

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The Appeal of Chaos: How Politicians and Pundits are Misconstruing The Supreme Court’s Order on the Texas Abortion Law

JonathanTurley

Carhart struck down a partial-birth abortion law in Nebraska. Following a poorly crafted federal lawsuit with a poorly crafted federal law is hardly an improvement for pro-choice voters. Biden may magnify those problems by pledging a “whole-of-government response” to the court’s order. In 2000, a 5-4 vote in Stenberg v.

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