Attorneys for the Biden administration and states challenging the president’s student-debt cancellation plan squared off at a federal court hearing Wednesday that left the fate of the loan forgiveness in limbo.
The roughly two-hour hearing in a Missouri federal court came in a case brought by Republican-elected leaders in six states—Missouri, Nebraska, Arkansas, South Carolina, Kansas and Iowa—who are seeking to stop the administration’s effort to write off hundreds of billions of dollars in student debt. Those states are seeking a preliminary injunction that would block the administration from moving forward.
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