Conservative justices on the Supreme Court expressed skepticism during oral arguments Tuesday about the Biden administration’s power to forgive student loan debt.
While the Biden administration seeks to revive the forgiveness program, relying on a 2003 law giving the secretary of Education broad powers to alter loan programs in an emergency, the argument ran into criticism from Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., and several other justices appointed by Republican presidents.
The program, launched last year, would forgive up to $20,000 for individual borrowers and cost up to $400 billion — amounts that gave several justices pause.
