In October, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett denied a similar emergency request filed by a group of Wisconsin taxpayers.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Friday declined an attempt to block President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.
The case was filed by the conservative nonprofit legal organization Pacific Legal Foundation, which is representing two Indiana-based lawyers and borrowers, Frank Garrison and Noel Johnson, Reuters reported.
Barrett is in charge of handling such cases that are issued within the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which includes Indiana.
The program, which was announced in August, will cancel up to $20,000 in student loan debt per borrower. For those making less than $125,000 or households with less than $250,000 in income, the plan would cancel $10,000 in student loan debt. Pell Grant recipients will get an additional $10,000 in debt forgiven, totaling up to $20,000.
The implementation of Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan has been paused as it undergoes a challenge from six Republican-led states, according to Reuters.
