OPINION ANALYSIS
Supreme Court strikes down Biden student-loan forgiveness program
By Amy Howe
on Jun 30, 2023 at 12:31 pm
The Supreme Court courtroom
Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the opinion of the court in Biden v. Nebraska on Friday. (William Hennessy)
This article was updated on June 30 at 4:00 p.m.
By a vote of 6-3, the justices ruled that the Biden administration overstepped its authority last year when it announced that it would cancel up to $400 billion in student loans. The Biden administration had said that as many as 43 million Americans would have benefitted from the loan forgiveness program; almost half of those borrowers would have had all of their student loans forgiven.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the court in Biden v. Nebraska, characterizing the decision as a straightforward interpretation of federal law.
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