Tuesday’s arguments revealed that the Republican-controlled Supreme Court could use a made-up doctrine to rule against Biden’s student loan forgiveness program.
Supreme Court arguments Tuesday over President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness efforts revealed multiple reasons that those efforts should prevail, but there’s little reason to think they will at the Republican-controlled court.
First, there’s the issue of “standing,” the legal term for having the right to sue. Basically, you need to have an actual interest in a case to bring a lawsuit. It’s a conservative idea, broadly speaking, that can be used to shut the courthouse door to claims.
But Tuesday’s arguments showed the absurdity of the legal challenge from Republican-controlled states, including Missouri, which pressed a standing argument based on the relief program’s impact on the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority.
