The Supreme Court refused a request by a group of colleges to block a $6 billion settlement that will cancel the student loans of about 200,000 borrowers who claim to be defrauded by the schools. The court denied the application without comment or dissent.
for an emergency stay of the settlement without comment or dissent.for tens of millions of borrowers, which the justices are set to rule on in the coming months.
Conservatives suspect that if the Supreme Court strikes down Biden’s larger debt relief plan, the administration would then turn to the Higher Education Act — the same statute underpinning the $6 billion settlement — to offer forgiveness to other borrowers. They hoped a court ruling in the three colleges’ favor would deprive the administration of any options.
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