The White House says it doesn't have a backup plan to cancel student debt right now if the Supreme Court strikes down Biden's broad relief
The White House is so confident in President Joe Biden's student-loan forgiveness plan that it isn't weighing a backup right now if the nation's highest court strikes it down.showing how many borrowers applied for Biden's plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student debt before two conservative-backed lawsuits halted the process.
In the meantime, though, administration officials are not considering an alternative route if the court's decision doesn't go its way. "Obviously, the Supreme Court will weigh in on that soon," he added."But we are not deliberating or considering any other kind of alternative approach. We're fully committed to the approach that the Secretary of Education used in this case, and we're confident in our legal authority.
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