Supreme Court strikes down Biden's student debt forgiveness plan

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : The Department of Education has confirmed interest on student loans will begin in September, while payments will resume in October.
47% : "The Secretary asserts that the HEROES Act grants him the authority to cancel $430 billion of student loan principal.
41% : During oral arguments in February, several justices expressed doubt about the Education Department's authority to unilaterally forgive hundreds of billions of dollars in student debt.
39% : Biden did, however, commit during his campaign to canceling $10,000 of student loans for low- and middle-income borrowers.
28% : Advocates are already displeased with Biden after he made a deal with Republicans to avoid an economic default that included a hard deadline on resuming student loan payments.
26% : The high-stakes decision will likely limit President Biden's options to deliver on his commitment to cancel $10,000 of student loans for low- and middle-income borrowers.

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