Supreme Court decides the fate of millions of student loan borrowers

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Millions of student loan borrowers have been waiting to find out whether the Biden Administration's plan to forgive some federal student debt will provide them with financial relief.
52% : They argued that the Covid pandemic qualified as a national emergency, which was the same justification Trump Administration officials used when they paused student loan repayments in 2020.
51% : Student loan payments have been on pause since March 2020 and are scheduled to resume October 1.
50% : The court considered two cases at the same time, U.S. Department of Education v. Brown, which was brought by two student loan borrowers who didn't qualify for relief, and Biden v. Nebraska, which was brought by six Republican attorneys general who argued the plan would hurt state tax revenue and the income of a student-loan agency.
49% : The Biden Administration cited the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act passed in 2003 (also known as the HEROES Act), which allows the government to forgive student loans for borrowers who are at risk of default because of war, military operation, or national emergency.
48% : The Hechinger Report has also reported extensively on the hidden forms of student debt that keep students in financial peril.
40% : Low-income students and Black borrowers - especially Black women - have been disproportionately affected by student loan debt.

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