SCOTUS questions Biden student loan forgiveness
Here's a quick look at today's top legal news. View in Browser Feb. 28, 2023 Here's a quick look at today's top legal news. U.S. Supreme Court conservatives question Biden student loan forgiveness REUTERS/Nathan Howard Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled skepticism over the legality of President Joe Biden's plan to cancel $430 billion in student debt for about 40 million borrowers, with the fate of his policy that fulfilled a campaign promise hanging in the balance. The policy faced scrutiny by the court under the so-called major questions doctrine . The court's 6-3 conservative majority has employed the muscular judicial approach to invalidate major Biden policies deemed lacking clear congressional authorization. Read more about the oral arguments. Also at SCOTUS today, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson authored her first majority opinion . The court sided with 30 states that argued that D...