Supreme Court Blocks Biden's Student Debt Relief Program

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Biden originally paused student debt under the 2003 HEROES Act, which gave the president the power to "waive or modify" student loans in the event of a war or other national emergency.
52% : For those with student debt, the court's decision means that repayment will resume in October.
52% : The price of a college education has spiraled far beyond what it was a generation ago.
46% : Unlike credit card debt and car loans, most student debt can't be discharged if a borrower files for bankruptcy -- giving lie to detractors' claims that student loan debt is all about fairness.
45% : In a statement provided to The Mary Sue, legal aid organization Legal Services NYC explains the reality of living with student loan debt:Today's Supreme Court decision condemns millions of borrowers to a lifetime of repaying student debts they cannot afford to repay.
37% : After the SCOTUS decision was announced, the organization stressed that "the Biden administration still has legal tools at his disposal to broadly cancel student debt."
26% : Today, a 6-3 majority in the Supreme Court struck down President Biden's student debt relief program in their decision on Biden v. Nebraska, claiming that the president didn't have the authority to cancel student debt as part of his COVID-19 emergency response.

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