by #HannahLevintova in #MotherJones:

"[S]ome of the earliest champions for cancellation, including the Debt Collective and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), have made the case that the HEA presents the best legal option for canceling debt. They’ve maintained that the portion of the law called 'compromise and settlement authority' gives the Education Department carte blanche to tweak or even throw out its claims against borrowers."

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/06/joe-biden-supreme-court-debt-cancellation-new-different-way-hea/

#StudentLoans #StudentDebt #HEA #EducationDepartment #education #HigherEducation #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS

by #HannahLevintova in #MotherJones:

"Within 24 hours, two rulings from the nation’s highest court—one striking down the use of race-conscious college admissions, and the second gutting Biden’s student debt cancellation plan—rolled back years of progress towards greater economic justice and educational opportunity for students of color.

"In these rulings, the Supreme Court has all but ensured the deepening of racial wealth inequality by undoing the chance to erase debt held disproportionately by Black Americans, and also decreasing access for students of color to elite US colleges—and the financial opportunity they can offer their graduates."

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/06/supreme-court-decisions-debt-affirmative-action-admissions-racial-wealth-gap-inequality/

#SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #AffirmativeAction #StudentLoans #StudentDebt #racism #race #education #college #HigherEducation #WealthGap #inequality #USPolitics #USPol #politics

by #HannahLevintova #MotherJones:

"Newly obtained records from the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (MOHELA) show that executives and employees at the student loan servicer are surprised and dismayed at their company’s central role in the lawsuit before the Supreme Court that seeks to undo Biden’s student debt cancellation plan. MOHELA has never been a party to the lawsuit, yet the six Republican-led states who oppose debt relief have made the servicer a central player in their arguments before the high court."

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/06/missouri-student-loan-servicer-supreme-court-mohela/

#StudentLoans #StudentDebt #education #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #Missouri #MOHELA

by #HannahLevintova in #MotherJones:

"Jessica Madison was a pioneer of the student loan cancellation movement. The relief that could’ve saved her is now in the hands of the Supreme Court."

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/05/student-loan-debt-cancellation-supreme-court-jessica-madison-collective/

#JessicaMadison #StudentLoans #debt #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS