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Supreme Court Keeps Biden Student Loan Forgiveness Plan On Hold, Will Hear Case In February

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The Supreme Court announced on Thursday that it will hear a lawsuit challenging President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program in February, while the plan currently remains blocked.

The court released a miscellaneous order late Thursday afternoon from Justice Brett Kavanaugh granting the six states involved in the lawsuit the opportunity to present oral arguments. Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan remains blocked by an injunction, pending a further ruling from the court, who will hear arguments in February 2023. (RELATED: Biden Admin Begins Approving Student Loan Forgiveness Applications Despite Ongoing Lawsuits)

The program had previously been stalled after the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an injunction and then subsequently denied the Biden administration’s request for an appeal of a Texas judge’s ruling that the plan was “unconstitutional.”

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about administration plans to forgive federal student loan debt during remarks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 24, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

The plan, announced in August, would have allowed student loan holders to receive up to $10,000 in relief and up to $20,000 if they had also received a Pell grant, so long as applicants earned an annual income of less than $125,000 or $250,000 if part of a household. The Department of Education justified implementing the plan based on the 2003 HEROES Act.

The announcement led to multiple lawsuits and stirred controversy with elected officials over concerns of cost and impacts on inflation. Biden recently approved an extension of the student loan freeze until June 2023.

The Supreme Court, the White House, and the Department of Education did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

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