Biden v. Nebraska

143 S. Ct. 2355 (2023)

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Biden v. Nebraska

United States Supreme Court
143 S. Ct. 2355 (2023)

  • Written by Tammy Boggs, JD
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Facts

In March 2020, the United States president declared that the COVID-19 pandemic was a national emergency. The secretary of education (secretary) at the time suspended loan repayments and interest accrual for all federally held student loans, pursuant to the secretary’s authority under the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act (HEROES Act). Congress also enacted a law that required the secretary to extend the suspensions through the end of September 2020. In August 2022, when the pandemic was nearly over, the current secretary of education under President Joe Biden (defendants) sought to implement a comprehensive student-loan-forgiveness program. The program would cancel about $430 billion of federal-student-loan balances for 20 million borrowers and materially lower the balances of 23 million other borrowers. The program would have a significant impact on the American economy. Several states (plaintiffs) sued members of the Biden administration (defendants), arguing that the loan-cancellation plan was not authorized under the HEROES Act. The United States Supreme Court agreed to review the matter.

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Holding and Reasoning (Roberts, C.J.)

Concurrence (Barrett, J.)

Dissent (Kagan, J.)

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