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Republicans seeking to block President Joe Biden’s student-loan forgiveness just got dealt a major blow after a federal judge threw out their case.
Last week, Missouri US District Judge Henry Edward Autrey heard oral arguments from six Republican-led states who filed a lawsuit against Biden’s student-debt relief, arguing that the loan forgiveness would hurt their states‘ tax revenues, along with the business operations of Missouri-based student-loan company MOHELA.
The suit was regarded as one of the most serious cases challenging the debt relief plan. But on Thursday evening, their case was struck down, with the judge ruling it would be dismissed due to „lack of jurisdiction.“
Autrey said that the plaintiffs failed to show concrete harm the debt relief would cause them and will no longer consider the case. Still, they could take their lawsuit to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, where it will likely face a panel of conservative judges.
This was at least the third major lawsuit seeking to block debt relief that judges have struck down.
