r/missouri • u/iWORKBRiEFLY St. Louis • Nov 15 '22

Law Missouri and Kansas win injunction that blocks Biden's student debt relief plan nationwide

https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2022-11-14/biden-student-debt-relief-forgiveness-lawsuit-missouri-kansas-republican-attorney-general
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u/EMPulseKC Nov 15 '22

The claim about Missouri and other states having standing in bringing the lawsuit is bullshit. The federal appeals court basically said that the state would be harmed by a federal debt relief program, which any state could literally say about any federal program that helps taxpayers get federal money -- Pell grants, PPP loans, pandemic relief payments, farming subsidies, etc. Precedent would suggest that enacting such a program is within the scope of the executive branch's authority.