Biden administration looks to Supreme Court to continue student debt relief program

The Biden administration said in court papers Thursday that it plans to ask the Supreme Court to remove one of the legal obstacles blocking its student debt relief program, which has drawn swift legal challenges since its recent launch.

The forthcoming request to the justices is part of the administration’s broader legal strategy to fend off lawsuits entangling Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan that would give all borrowers making less than $125,000 a year at least $10,000 debt relief.

The program is currently blocked as a result of separate rulings by a St. Louis-based federal appeals court this week and a Texas-based federal judge last week. In its Thursday filing, the Department of Justice (DOJ), on behalf of the administration, said in effect that it would be asking the relevant courts to clear the way for Biden’s debt-relief program to be reinstated.