#shorts On 6/30/2023, a reporter asked, “The opinion touches on the President’s authority to act without specific permissions on Congress and cites several opinions that I know have tripped up Biden administration policies over the last couple of years. Can you talk about how you see this opinion moving forward applying in other areas of policymaking that you do?

MR. RAMAMURTI: Well, look, I — I think that it’s kind of in the eye of the beholder. Right? When — when the HEROES Act says that the Secretary can waive or modify a provision, it seems to me that that is very clear about what the Secretary’s authorities are. It is a broad grant of authority

Reporter: Do you see this doctrine continuing to be an obstacle to different goals that we have moving forward?

MR. RAMAMURTI: … we’ll have to weigh how it would stand up against that new doctrine that the Supreme Court has issued. But again, we think that the pathway that we’re choosing here, the Higher Education Act, is available even with this doctrine in place.

On 6/30/2023, the Supreme Court put the final nail in the coffin and invalidated Biden’s student loan bailout program. Joe Biden unilaterally announced a massive forgiveness of student loans last August to buy the Gen Z-Millennial vote in the 2022 midterms. Biden canceled over $400 billion in student loans which turns out to be up to $10,000 in student debt for borrowers who earn $125,000 a year or less and up to $20,000 for recipients of Pell Grants. Six Republican state attorneys general sued Joe Biden and argued the student loan bailout violates the separation of powers. Separately, two borrowers who did not qualify for Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan (Department of Education v Brown) sued to stop the program. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Biden v Nebraska that Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness was unlawful. The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals in November extended a block on Joe Biden’s student loan bailout plan. The DOJ then asked the Supreme Court to lift the 8th Circuit Court’s block, which they refused to do. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Joe Biden overstepped his authority.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/44mh8SgAsd4
Q: tripped up Biden policies A: weigh new doctrine new Higher Education Act pathway