Supreme Court debates Biden's student loan forgiveness plan today: Live updates

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : Biden: 'I have your back' on student loansBiden addressed the student loan litigation briefly during remarks Monday night.
51% : That law, the administration argues, gives the education secretary the ability to "waive" or "modify" student loans during a national emergency.
46% : U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar said canceling student loan debt is not based on regulatory authority but "the administration of a benefits program."
42% :What to know: Everything to know about student loan forgiveness planPlan B: Millions of borrowers have had billions in student loan debt erased, and there's more to come.
39% :- John Fritze and Joey GarrisonJustice Thomas wrote of 'crushing weight' of student loans
38% :- John FritzeJustices question 'half a trillion' cost of Biden's actionsJustices pressed the Biden administration's lawyer on the projected $400 billion cost of Biden's action to forgive student loan debt, suggesting such a move goes beyond the 2003 Heroes Act that allows the president to "waive or modify" loan provisions.
38% : Others proclaimed that "Student debt cancellation is illegal."
37% :Rough ride ahead: Biden will be playing defense on student loans at Supreme Court
36% : Some carried signs that read "Cancel Student Debt."
36% : They chanted phrases throughout, such as "D-E-B-T, student debt is crushing me!"
36% : Whether the current plaintiffs have standing will be a central part of the argument Tuesday as well.- John FritzeMore: Biden will be playing defense on student loans at the Supreme Court.
35% : That millions of Americans are subject to insurmountable debt they're unable to pay off with their jobs "feels so obviously wrong," said Reed, who has about $17,000 in student debt left.
34% : The Supreme Court won't have far to look if it wants a personal take on the "crushing weight" of student debt that underlies the Biden administration's college loan forgiveness plan.
28% : Roberts said the student loan case reminded him of a case in 2020 in which the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, blocked unilateral action by former President Donald Trump to dismantle the Obama-era DREAMers program for undocumented immigrants.
26% : In a troubling sign for the prospects of Biden's student loan program, Chief Justice John Roberts smacked down the central premise of the administration's legal argument: that the president had the authority to act unilaterally to wipe out student loan debt without Congress.
20% :- Joey GarrisonClarence Thomas, John Roberts use first questions to question Biden's powerAssociate Justice Clarence Thomas started off the arguments Tuesday questioning under what authority the administration seeks to cancel student loans.

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