Supreme Court asked to block Biden student debt relief program

Supreme Court nominee and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 21, 2020.

The Supreme Court was asked to stop the student loan debt relief program from taking effect.

The emergency application to delay implementation of the debt relief plan was directed by the Brown County Taxpayers Association.

The association asked the president to suspend his plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for millions of borrowers. As of this Sunday, the Biden administration could begin processing borrowers requests for student loan forgiveness.

More than 8 million requests for student loan forgiveness were submitted over the weekend after the U.S. Department of Education opened its application for student loan forgiveness. The application went live on Monday.

There was no response from the White House.

There are still legal challenges against the plan.

Republicans in Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Carolina are trying to stop Biden from issuing debt relief. Private companies that service federal student loans would be hurt by the policy, they claim.

The Brown County Taxpayers Association's lawsuit against the Biden administration was thrown out by a federal judge.

The main obstacle for those trying to stop the president is finding a person who can show they have been harmed by the policy. According to a Harvard law professor, injury is necessary to establish standing.

According to Tribe, he isn't sure if any of the lawsuits have succeeded.

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