Supreme Court conservatives take skeptical view of Biden student debt forgiveness

The Supreme Court's conservative majority on Tuesday appeared deeply skeptical of the legality of a White House plan to forgive $400 billion in federal student loans during the pandemic, even as the Biden administration vigorously defended its power and attacked the ability of six states to block it.

Oral arguments in a pair of cases challenging the Biden plan, which remains on hold pending the litigation, stretched well past their scheduled two hours, as the justices wrestled with key questions of legal standing and legal authority under a 2003 education law.

The court's conservative justices seemed most concerned about the scope and scale of the administration's action, which was not specifically authorized by Congress.

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