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      'Financial Vulture' SoFi Sues to Block Biden's Student Loan Repayment Pause

      Thanks to the moratorium, said one advocate, "tens of millions of Americans have been able to put food on the table, pay for childcare, stay in their homes, and purchase their lifesaving medicine."

      Brett Wilkins
      Mar 06, 2023

      Supporters of U.S. President Joe Biden's plan to cancel over $400 billion in college debt to more than 43 million borrowers reacted angrily Monday to a lawsuit filed by an online finance company trying to overturn his administration's latest pause on student loan repayments—a policy that has cost the firm more than $100 million in lost profits.

      San Francisco-based SoFi filed suit Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia onFriday against the U.S. Department of Education and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona over the agency's rdecision in November to extend a Covid-19-based moratorium on student loan repayments due to ongoing legal battles.

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      Supreme Court Justices 'Cast Doubt' on Biden's Student Debt Forgiveness Plan

      While Chief Justice John Roberts lamented the proposal's price tag, liberal colleague Elena Kagan said the law allowing the president to "modify or waive" student aid during national emergencies "doesn't get much clearer."

      Brett Wilkins
      Feb 28, 2023

      President Joe Biden's plan to forgive more than $400 billion in student loan debt to over 40 million borrowers drew criticism from conservative members of the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday as the justices heard oral arguments in a pair of cases that will decide the fate of one of the president's signature policies and impact the financial futures of millions of Americans.

      Politicoreports members of the high court's right-wing supermajority "repeatedly questioned whether the Education Department had the legal authority it claimed to discharge federal student loan debt to help borrowers recover economically from the national emergency spurred by Covid-19."

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