Student Loan Debt Relief Rejected By SCOTUS, Twitter Says “It’s Above Us Now”
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In a decision that surprised absolutely no one, the Conservative-leaning U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that President Joe Biden’s $430 billion student loan forgiveness plan was unconstitutional.
As CNN reports, the program would’ve delivered up to $20,000 of relief to millions of borrowers.
In the decision, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that the Biden administration and the Secretary of Education rewrote the law, as they tried to use the HEROES Act to waive the debt.
“The Secretary’s comprehensive debt cancellation plan cannot fairly be called a waiver – it not only nullifies existing provisions, but augments and expands them dramatically,” Roberts wrote. “However broad the meaning of ‘waive or modify,’ that language cannot authorize the kind of exhaustive rewriting of the statute that has taken place here.”
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Ultimately, Roberts said that the government needed direct authorization from Congress, which we already know is a no-go.
With monthly payment obligations set to restart in October, Twitter had plenty to say about the decision. The general consensus… well, read below and find out.
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so it’s ok to forgive PPP loans but not student debt #StudentLoanForgiveness pic.twitter.com/gIH7YAZD6h
— Cloud9ineDreams
(@Cloud9ineDreams) June 30, 2023
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majority of us after seeing the Supreme Court decision on student loan forgiveness #StudentLoanForgiveness pic.twitter.com/0Aup02z8ll
— Cloud9ineDreams
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Goodmorning to everyone except Supreme Court. They rejected #StudentLoanForgiveness, but it don’t matter cause I aint paying them back anyway.. pic.twitter.com/axmuSqKSa0
— Rachel. (@_loveRachel_) June 30, 2023
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so #StudentLoanForgiveness doesn’t get approved but those PPP loans do?? pic.twitter.com/hc8gj16BCR
— cameron (@cambeserious) June 30, 2023
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they struck down student debt relief— #StudentLoanForgiveness #SCOTUS pic.twitter.com/6p3EYsccEI
— c i n d y
(@lilicablossomxo) June 30, 2023
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Me when Nelnet sends the Student Loan repayment notice:pic.twitter.com/wQ8sDDf1uV #StudentLoanForgiveness
— Slacker Genius (@n16thekid) June 30, 2023
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We’re not paying them back. #StudentLoanForgiveness pic.twitter.com/WsT0saJrVw
— Kaylin, MPH
(@kaylinvaughnk) June 30, 2023
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I’m constantly reminded of that tumblr post where a girl is explaining to her mother that no one under 30 expects anything good to happen ever again #StudentLoanForgiveness #CancelStudentDebt
— Flying Bi-Son (@SaintSnKJack) June 30, 2023
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You can bail out banks, airlines and automobile manufacturers…. But #StudentLoanForgiveness nope can’t do that. pic.twitter.com/np9RjWKtjP
— AgeLikeWine
(@MrK3mp3r) June 30, 2023
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Funny how the billionaires and millionaires can file bankruptcy and not pay a single dime of their debt, but working class Americans can’t do the same with their student loans? As a teacher I will not be able to make these payments, it’s just ridiculous #StudentLoanForgiveness https://t.co/FXOm20A63j
— SonyaRita
(@Sonya_Ritaa) June 30, 2023
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Please, someone, explain to me how we can forgive those PPP loans for the wealthy, but somehow #studentloanforgiveness is a no-go.
— Nikki Rojas (@nrojas0131) June 30, 2023
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So to be clear: the Supreme Court has functionally taken the position this week that higher education is for rich white people#StudentLoanForgiveness
— Joe Katz says #VoteNoInAugust (@joekatz45) June 30, 2023
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Right wingers who complain student loan forgiveness is unfair to those who didn’t go to college have no such complaints about tax cuts given to billionaires. Go figure. #SCOTUS #StudentLoanForgiveness
— Jon Nelson (@jonmnelson) June 30, 2023
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The Supreme Court striking down #StudentLoanForgiveness was to be expected. It would have helped so many of us and yet here we are.
I’ll never get over the selfishness from those who threw away their votes in 2016. The greater good shouldn’t depend on the bigotry of others.
— Elisha (@veekmo) June 30, 2023
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Guess everyone should have signed up for PPP loans.
#StudentLoanForgiveness #SupremeCourtDecision #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS pic.twitter.com/QjXlSoEq97
— #RHOA Super-Fan! F@#K LUPUS (@FKLUPUS) June 30, 2023
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They wiped out bank debts and
forgave PPP loans
But when it came to#StudentLoanForgiveness pic.twitter.com/SLmLvxhjmc— Cliff Vegas (@Spinoff55) June 30, 2023
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All in all though Lmfaooo I was never going to pay those loans back so now we all just rejecting shit I’m rejecting your payments and y’all rejecting the cancellation #StudentLoanForgiveness #SupremeCourtDecision pic.twitter.com/18SNQos1IU
— karen (@fairymix23) June 30, 2023
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