The Biden administration’s student loan cancellation plan has reportedly been delayed in Missouri once more, despite a fleeting celebration from liberal advocates earlier this week.
Hours after Biden received a favorable ruling in Georgia, a federal judge in Missouri issued a new injunction on Thursday that prohibits the implementation of widespread debt relief.
The Georgia court had dismissed its own state from the legal challenge, stating that Georgia officials were unable to demonstrate injury from Biden’s plan.
The court then transferred the case to Missouri, a state it believed had standing.
According to U.S. District Judge J. Randal Hall, the Biden administration would be permitted to proceed with relief during the period in which the case was relocated from Georgia and his temporary injunction against the plan expired.
However, the other Republican-led states that are contesting the plan—Missouri, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, North Dakota, and Ohio—immediately requested that the new judge in Missouri halt the plan.
That request was granted by U.S. District Judge Matthew Schelp on Thursday evening.
The administration’s debt relief proposal would offer partial or full forgiveness to over 27 million borrowers.
Earlier this year, the Republican states challenged the plan, asserting that the administration lacked the authority to offer such relief.
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