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Joe Biden lays out new student debt relief plan after supreme court ruling (www.theguardian.com)

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President says ‘the court misinterpreted the constitution’ as he announces intention to use another law for debt forgiveness

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Sounds like a novel legal idea, the problem is the Supreme Court would find some rationale for their foregone conclusions...

Edit: I wonder if he could just make the mandatory payment $0...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Even if they could just make payments $0 the next president could change it. For this to work the actual amount owed needs to be reduced somehow or its just kicking the can down the road.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

To be fair, I don't imagine that would be politically conducive to being reelected.