Supreme Court strikes down Biden's plan to forgive student loan debt

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : The total number of borrowers with student loan debt is 43 million.
54% : The 2019 data showed that a significant percentage of student loan borrowers in income brackets that qualify for relief had a history of regularly repaying their loans.
42% : The law further specifies that the secretary's authority is meant to ensure that student loan borrowers experiencing an emergency-caused economic hardship "are not placed in a worse position financially" in relation to their loans.
14% : During oral arguments in February, Chief Justice John Roberts, and Associate Justices Elena Kagan and Justice Amy Coney Barrett questioned whether the Covid-19 pandemic was directly responsible for placing all student loan borrowers entitled to forgiveness under the relief plan in a financially worse position.

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