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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Supreme Court and federal judge reject attempts to block Biden’s student debt plan

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A federal judge in Missouri has dismissed a lawsuit from Republican officials from six states and a conservative legal group that sought to prevent President Joe Biden from implementing a sweeping student loan debt relief plan.

The ruling from US District Judge Henry Autrey on 20 October arrived shortly after the US Supreme Court dismissed an appeal in a different case seeking to block the debt cancellation plan.

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