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Ilya Somin

MYSTERIOUS: Two federal courts rule against biden s new student loan forgiveness plan on the same day - What They Never Told You

Silhouettes of students wearing caps. The students are made out of money. | Illustration: Lex Villena; Stephen Coburn | Dreamstime.com
(Illustration: Lex Villena; Stephen Coburn | Dreamstime.com)

President Biden's new large-scale student loan forgiveness plan had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. That's because two separate federal district courts ruled against its legality, in lawsuits brought by different coalitions of GOP-led states. Moreover, both of the judges who issued the rulings were Democratic Barack Obama appointees. That makes it hard to argue the decisions were a result of ideological or partisan bias, and is a very bad sign for the Administration's chances of prevailing on appeal.

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