On Wednesday, a conservative Wisconsin tax group asked the Supreme Court to block President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.
Why it matters: The Biden administration, which has been sued by at least seven states and two organizations over the forgiveness program, has recently started accepting applications.
- The Brown County Taxpayers Association in Green Bay, Wisconsin, filed an emergency injunction arguing that the Biden administration overstepped its authority in proposing to move forward with the plan.
- The forgiveness plan, which would relieve some of the debt burden of 43 million Americans, has been opposed by many Republicans and some Democrats in battleground states.
What are they talking about: “There is no legal basis for the President to usurp the constitutional spending authority, which is reserved exclusively for Congress,” lawyers representing the Taxpayers Association said in the filing.
- “The attack on our separation of powers — and the principle that consumer rights belong exclusively to Congress — is extraordinary, perhaps unprecedented,” the lawyers claim.
Big picture: Nebraska, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and South Carolina filed a joint lawsuit in late September against Biden, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and the Department of Education, as did Arizona in this way Attorney General Mark Brnovich.
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Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with new details.