In a session that lasted over three hours on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court justices questioned President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive tens of thousands of dollars in student loan debt for most federal borrowers—while also seeming skeptical of the challengers’ standing to sue to block the plan from taking effect.
The court heard oral arguments for two cases related to Biden’s widespread student loan forgiveness plan. The conservative justices questioned, in particular, the Biden administration’s ability to implement the program without congressional approval, and whether the Heroes Act was appropriate legal justification for widespread forgiveness.
