The Supreme Court has blocked President Biden’s plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student loan debt for more than 40 million Americans. The court’s conservative justices expressed skepticism about Biden’s authority to forgive student loan debt without direct authorization from Congress.

  • axtualdave@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This was a particularly egregious decision. Not in the result (which is awful) but that it is now okay for anyone to sue on behalf of anyone else they have even a passing financial relationship with, if that other party might loose money.

    I can sue the government because my sister, whom I have lent money to, doesn’t qualify for Medicaid, for instance, and thus, will loose money paying for insurance.

    And the insurance companies can sue the state if they give her Medicaid because they would loose out on premium payments from her.

    It’s fucking lunacy.

    • joe@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      I feel like it’s pretty obvious that they started at their desired conclusion and the cobbled together a reverse-engineered justification for arriving at that conclusion.