Supreme Court rejects request to block Biden student loan debt forgiveness program

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett poses during a group portrait at the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., October 7, 2022. 

The Supreme Court turned down the request to block the program.

The application to block the program was denied by Justice ConeyBarrett.

The 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals includesWisconsin. She did not refer the application to the Supreme Court before rejecting it.

Up to $20,000 in student debt for millions of borrowers will be canceled thanks to the loan relief plan.

More than 8 million people applied for the program last weekend.

The Brown County Taxpayers Association in Wisconsin filed a federal lawsuit against the plan.

The group did not have legal standing to stall the plan pending the outcome of the case.

The 7th Circuit upheld the group's appeal. The group requested that the Supreme Court suspend implementation of the debt relief program pending the outcome of the appeal.

The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, Inc., which acted as lawyers for the taxpapers group, was disappointed that the court denied emergency relief.

That doesn't make the program legal. As we advocated this week, student loan forgiveness may still be paused as the courts review it.

Annie Nova was a contributor to this report.