Source: US News & World Report
“A federal judge has dealt a setback to a legal challenge by seven Republican-led states to the latest student debt forgiveness plan from President Joe Biden’s administration, removing Georgia from the case and moving it to Missouri. U.S. District Judge J. Randal Hall, based in Augusta, Georgia, took the action on Wednesday, one day before a temporary restraining order he issued on Sept. 5 blocking the administration from proceeding with the plan – a U.S. Department of Education regulation that is still not finalized – was set to expire. Hall ruled that Georgia, which along with Missouri had led the lawsuit, failed to show it would be harmed by the administration’s plan to forgive $73 billion in student loan debt held by millions of Americans. The judge removed Georgia from the case for lack of legal standing despite the state’s claim of potential tax revenue losses, and transferred the litigation to federal court in Missouri.” (10/03/24)