The Supreme Court heard arguments this week on the Biden administration’s plan to provide student debt relief and called into question the survival of a proposal that has far-reaching impacts.
The executive action, which the administration announced in August before the 2022 fall election (in part to fire up younger voters), could offer debt relief for tens of millions of Americans and cost more than $400 billion. But judging by this week’s court session, there is a very real possibility that the justices strike the proposal down later this year when they offer their opinion.
And if that happens, there are going to be a lot of unhappy voters across the country in 2024, including some in important battleground states. CONTINUED
Dante Chinni, NBC News
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