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Supreme Court nominee and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 21, 2020. The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a second request to block the Biden administration's student loan debt relief program. For now, student loan forgiveness remains on hold from a challenge brought by six GOP-led states. Since the White House unveiled its loan relief plan in August to cancel $10,000 for most student loan borrowers, and up to $20,000 for those who received Pell Grants for low-income families, it has faced at least six lawsuits. Close to 26 million Americans have already applied for student loan forgiveness, and the Biden administration has approved 16 million of the requests, the White House said Thursday.

☆ The Supreme Court rejects a conservative attempt to block Biden's student-loan forgiveness for the second time
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A lawsuit seeking to block Biden's student-loan forgiveness landed at the Supreme Court on Tuesday. This comes as Biden's debt relief is on pause as it awaits a ruling from the 8th Circuit. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyIt didn't take long for the Supreme Court to reject another attempt to block President Joe Biden's student-loan forgiveness. But on Friday — just three days later — Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett denied the plaintiffs' emergency request to halt the debt relief. "That's 16 million Americans, so far, who should be seeing student debt relief in the coming days," Biden wrote.

☆ 16 million student-loan borrowers have now been approved for debt cancellation, Biden says — but they won't see relief 'in the coming days' due to a GOP lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Education Department has so far approved 16 million student-loan borrowers for debt relief, Biden said. The relief is currently on pause until the 8th Circuit makes a final decision on the legality of the relief. "That's 16 million Americans, so far, who should be seeing student debt relief in the coming days," Biden wrote. Biden's debt relief plan has been hit with at least five other lawsuits seeking to block its implementation. Still, the decision from the 8th Circuit looms, and until it comes, the Education Department cannot actually give borrowers relief.

☆ Penguin Random House Stands by Plan to Publish Amy Coney Barrett’s Book
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Penguin Random House on Monday said it is committed to publishing a coming book by Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett despite a dissenting online open letter that has garnered more than 600 signatures, including many from the publishing world. The letter, which asks Penguin Random House to re-evaluate its decision to publish the book, argues that Justice Barrett’s vote in June in favor of overturning Roe v. Wade represented an attack on human rights, including the rights to “privacy, self determination, and bodily autonomy along with the federal right to an abortion in the United States.”

Two student loan borrowers, represented by the conservative Pacific Legal Foundation, are asking the Supreme Court to step in and block student loan relief. The borrowers claim they will face a hefty tax bill for unwanted relief. The suit was dismissed by a lower court and now an appeal is headed to the high court. "The claim is baseless for a simple reason: No one will be forced to get debt relief. Because opponents of the debt relief plan are trying anything they can to stop this program that will provide needed relief to working families."

☆ Supreme Court's conservative majority seems open to eliminating affirmative action in university admissions process: 'Why do you have these boxes?'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The Supreme Court heard two high-profile challenges to race-conscious university admissions processes. The court's conservatives appeared open to ending race as a factor in university admissions. Thomas, the second Black person to ever serve on the bench, has long been critical of race-conscious admissions policies. They cannot adopt race-conscious admissions and sit back reflexively and let that play out forever into the future," Prelogar said. "At present, it's not possible to achieve that diversity without race-conscious admissions, including at the nation's service academies."

☆ Student debt relief 'moving full speed ahead' despite GOP-led lawsuits, education secretary says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Summer Concepcion | Summer Concepcion Is A Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has said that the Biden administration is "moving full speed ahead" on preparations for the implementation of its student debt forgiveness program, a day after a federal appeals court hit pause on the administration's efforts. Cardona said in a video posted Saturday that the administration is “not deterred” by lawsuits attempting to block its relief program. In an op-ed published Saturday in USA Today, Cardona said the Education Department is “moving full speed ahead with preparations for the lawful implementation” of the program. “This program will help borrowers by providing relief following the economic disruptions caused by the pandemic." In response to the appeals court ruling Friday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre emphasized that the appeals court ruling does not prevent borrowers from submitting applications for loan forgiveness.

☆ Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says the department is 'moving full speed ahead' to implement student debt relief despite an appeals court temporarily blocking the plan
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Miguel Cardona says student debt relief is "moving full speed" despite a temporary hold on the plan. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday issued an administrative stay for the relief plan. "Already, 22 million people have provided the department with the necessary information we need to review their eligibility for student debt relief." In framing the debt relief plan as one that would benefit working and middle-class families, Cardona criticized efforts by several Republican attorneys general to invalidate Biden's student-loan forgiveness plan. The Biden administration also faces legal challenges from Arizona GOP Attorney General Mark Brnovich, the Job Creators Network Foundation, and the Cato Institute over its debt relief plan.

A federal appeals court on Friday halted implementation of President Joe Biden’s student debt relief program, dealing a blow to the administration just days after it began accepting applications from borrowers to have as much as $20,000 in loans canceled. In its one-page ruling, the court prohibited any student loan debt to be discharged under the program until the court rules on the appeal. The court said that the Biden administration had until Monday to respond. In announcing the program, Biden said the cost of education has increased and that “an entire generation is now saddled with unsustainable debt.”The program began officially accepting applications this week. As of the end of June, 43 million borrowers held $1.6 trillion in federal student loans, it said.

☆ Student debt could be canceled as early as October 23, and GOP states are scrambling to stop it
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by GOP-led states seeking to block student-debt relief. But the states filed an appeal, requesting the relief be paused by October 22 at 9:00 AM. On Thursday night, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by six Republican-led states who wanted to block student-debt relief, arguing it would hurt their states' tax revenues, among other things. The Cato Institute, a Koch-backed libertarian think-tank, most recently filed a lawsuit that argued debt relief would undermine recruiting through a loan forgiveness program for public servants. A judge is also expected to hold a hearing next week for a lawsuit filed by the Job Creators Network, as well.

☆ President Biden says 22 million people have signed up for student loan forgiveness
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Emma Kinery | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on the student debt relief plan in the South Court Auditorium at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on October 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. President Joe Biden said 22 million people have registered for student loan relief since applications opened on Monday. Biden campaigned on a promise of student loan forgiveness. In August, he announced that federal student loan borrowers earning under $125,000 or households with less than $250,000 in income would be eligible for up to $10,000 in forgiveness. "In total more than 40 million Americans stand to benefit from this relief," Biden said.

☆ Biden's student-loan forgiveness can move forward for now after a federal judge just threw out one of the most serious GOP lawsuits against the debt relief
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

It was regarded as one of the most serious challenges to the loan forgiveness plan. The GOP-led states could still appeal the case, but for now, Biden's debt relief can move forward. The suit was regarded as one of the most serious cases challenging the debt relief plan. Autrey said that the plaintiffs failed to show concrete harm the debt relief would cause them and will no longer consider the case. "It is unconscionable that your company — as one of the largest student loan companies in the world—would be involved in overtly political efforts to rob millions of their right to student loan debt relief," Bush wrote.

☆ Court temporarily blocks Biden's student loan forgiveness
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks about the student loan forgiveness program from an auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, October 17, 2022. A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked President Joe Biden's plan to cancel billions of dollars in college student loans, one day after a judge dismissed a Republican-led lawsuit by six states challenging the debt-forgiveness program. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the states' emergency petition to freeze the loan forgiveness plan until the court rules on their request for a longer-term injunction while Thursday's decision against the states is being appealed. Their case is one of a number that conservative state attorneys general and legal groups have filed seeking to halt the debt forgiveness plan announced in August by Biden, a Democrat. The Congressional Budget Office in September calculated that the debt forgiveness would cost the government about $400 billion.

☆ About 22 million people have applied for student loan forgiveness, Biden said, as GOP states and lawsuits continue to rush to block the program
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Applications for student-loan forgiveness went live on October 14. Since then, around 22 million borrowers have applied, President Joe Biden said on Friday. "In less than a week, close to 22 million people have already given us the information to be considered for this life-changing relief," Biden said during a speech at Delaware State University. Around 43 million borrowers are eligible for forgiveness, which offers one-time student-loan forgiveness of up to $20,000 for some borrowers, according to the White House. If the stay is approved, then the government will have to halt the student-loan forgiveness program.

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks about the student loan forgiveness program from an auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, U.S., October 17, 2022. U.S. District Judge Henry Autrey in St. Louis said that while the six Republican-led states had raised "important and significant challenges to the debt relief plan," they lacked the necessary legal standing to be able to pursue the case. Autrey ruled an hour after Barrett denied without explanation an emergency request to put the debt relief plan on hold in the challenge brought by the Brown County Taxpayers Association. The plaintiffs in the case are represented by the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, a conservative legal group. Circuit Court of Appeals subsequently refused the group's request to block the debt relief program pending an appeal.

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday denied a request by a Wisconsin taxpayers group to halt the implementation of President Joe Biden’s federal student loan forgiveness program. She did not provide an explanation for rejecting the emergency request, which is not uncommon. The taxpayers group had argued in a 29-page filing to the Supreme Court that Biden’s program would cost taxpayers more than $1 trillion and that it bypasses Congress, which oversees federal spending. Biden's student debt relief program would provide up to $10,000 in debt cancellation for borrowers earning less than $125,000 a year and couples who file taxes jointly and earn less than $250,000 annually. Pell Grant recipients, who comprise the majority of borrowers, would be eligible for an additional $10,000 in debt relief.

☆ Justice Amy Coney Barrett rejected a bid to block Biden's student-loan forgiveness program
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Oma Seddiq | Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Justice Barrett dismissed a bid to block Biden's student-loan forgiveness program. A taxpayers group in Wisconsin filed the emergency request at the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Barrett, who handles emergency requests out of Wisconsin, rejected the group's bid. The request was widely considered a long-shot given that lower courts had already dismissed the group's challenges to Biden's program, ruling that they lacked legal standing. As the appeals process was still playing out, the taxpayers group escalated its bid to the Supreme Court, which ultimately failed.

☆ Supreme Court rejects request to block Biden student loan debt forgiveness program
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett poses during a group portrait at the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., October 7, 2022. The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a request to block the Biden administration's student loan debt relief program. Justice Amy Coney Barrett denied the emergency application to block the program that had been filed by a Wisconsin taxpayers' group Wednesday. A notation of her denial on the Supreme Court's docket does not indicate that she referred the application to the entire Supreme Court before she rejected the request. The loan relief plan, which is set to begin taking effect this weekend, will cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for millions of borrowers.

☆ U.S. Supreme Court's Barrett declines to block Biden student loan relief
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Andrew Chung | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Oct 20 (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday declined to block President Joe Biden's plan to cancel billions of dollars in student debt in a challenge to the policy's legality by a Wisconsin taxpayers organization represented by a conservative legal group. Barrett, in a brief order, denied an emergency request to put on hold the debt forgiveness plan announced by Biden in August in the challenge brought by the Brown County Taxpayers Association. A lower court threw out the group's lawsuit for lacking the necessary legal standing to sue because it could not show that it was personally harmed by the loan relief. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Andrew Chung in New York; Editing by Will DunhamOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Taxpayers group asks Supreme Court to block Biden's student debt relief program
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Rebecca-Shabad-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Rebecca Shabad | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON — A Wisconsin organization promoting taxpayers' rights asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to halt implementation of President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program, just two days after the administration began accepting online applications for debt relief from borrowers. The Brown County Taxpayers Association filed the request for emergency relief arguing that Biden's program would cost U.S. taxpayers more than $1 trillion and that it circumvents Congress, which controls federal spending. "The blow to the United States Treasury and taxpayers will be staggering — perhaps costing more than one trillion dollars. If this program goes forward as planned on Sunday, then the President will unilaterally spend roughly 4% of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product," the emergency application said. The emergency application was addressed to Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who oversees the 7th Circuit where the group is based.

☆ Supreme Court asked to block Biden student debt relief program
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Supreme Court nominee and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 21, 2020. Ken Cedeno | ReutersThe Supreme Court on Wednesday was asked to block the Biden administration's student loan debt relief program, which is set to take effect this weekend. The U.S. Department of Education opened its application for student loan forgiveness in a beta test on Friday. The Biden administration could start processing borrowers' requests for student loan forgiveness as soon as this Sunday. Legal challenges against student loan forgiveness

☆ A conservative group just asked the Supreme Court to block Biden's student-loan forgiveness, saying it is 'critical' the relief is halted this week
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A Wisconsin conservative group is asking SCOTUS to block Biden's student-debt relief. The group argued that the loan forgiveness has an "improper racial motive" and is unconstitutional. It said Biden exceeded his constitutional power by enacting the loan relief without congressional approval. While that decision is being appealed, the group is now escalating the issue to the Supreme Court in an effort to block Biden's plan from taking effect. The HEROES Act has been widely debated even before Biden announced debt relief.

☆ Justice Clarence Thomas confesses he's a Prince fan during a spirited debate over Andy Warhol's artwork and copyright law
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Supreme Court heard a case involving pop artist Andy Warhol's iconic silkscreen prints of musician Prince. At issue is whether Warhol violated copyright law by relying on a photographer's image of Prince for his art. The Andy Warhol Foundation has asked the Supreme Court to overturn that ruling. "If you called Andy Warhol as a witness, what would he say?" "And this is a work of art sending a message about modern society," he said of Warhol's.

Oct 11 (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday questioned whether upholding a California law banning the sale of pork from pigs kept in tightly confined spaces would invite states to adopt laws imposing their political or moral views outside their borders. "It's an extraterritorial regulation that conditions pork sales on out-of-state farmers adopting California's preferred farming methods for no valid safety reasons," Bishop said, noting that 99.9% of California's pork comes from elsewhere. "As I read California's law, it's about products being sold in California," conservative Justice Clarence Thomas said. Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that while California represents a huge market, "no one's forcing them to sell to California." 'SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT'But liberal Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson said that the court must accept that California's law will have a "substantial impact on the operation of this market."

☆ See the first-ever Supreme Court photo with 4 female justices as Ketanji Brown Jackson joined the bench
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-07 | by ( Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Supreme Court posed for a group photo with its newest justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson. Bottom row, from left, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, and Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts. Top row, from left, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, and Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson stands between Associate Justice Samuel Alito, left, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan, right. Scott ApplewhiteThe group photo came as the Supreme Court kicked off its new term, which is shaping up to a be a consequential one.

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