Today a federal judge halted President Biden’s “sweep of a pen” effort to cancel student loan debt (that was clearly a midterm election ploy and to a degree worked with some GenZ voters):
BREAKING: A federal judge rules that President Biden's plan to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt is unconstitutional and must be vacated https://t.co/8BXsNP8wEm https://t.co/8BXsNP8wEm
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 11, 2022
From Reuters:
A federal judge in Texas on Thursday ruled that President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt was unlawful and must be vacated, delivering a victory to conservative opponents of the program.
U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman, an appointee of former Republican President Donald Trump in Fort Worth, ruled in a lawsuit backed by the Job Creators Network Foundation on behalf of two borrowers.
The debt relief plan had already been temporarily blocked by the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals while it considers a request by six Republican-led states to enjoin it while they appealed the dismissal of their own lawsuit.
Current Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the “MAGA judge” is why a Dem majority is needed in the Senate:
This MAGA judge is siding with the special interests over what’s best for the people. This is why we need a Senate Democratic Majority.
But the law is on our side and we will keep fighting for the millions of Americans with student debt. https://t.co/g1Bo72p5go
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) November 11, 2022
Wait, what?
You need a Senate majority so that judges allow the president to illegally do things without the Senate? That’s a novel one.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) November 11, 2022
Hey, Schumer would be saying the same thing if Trump was president and trying to go around Congress, right?
The Constitution is certainly not on his side. And shame on you for immediately claiming any judge who stands in your way “MAGA.”Were all the Trump appointed judges who threw out Trump’s bogus stolen election claims “MAGA”? Or does MAGA just mean “stuff you don’t like”? https://t.co/6GlRrqrP7o
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) November 11, 2022
If Schumer cares about democracy, he will support the judiciary here. https://t.co/MglN6Dc074
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) November 11, 2022
Schumer cares only about the Democrats and will respond accordingly.
Kind of weird for a senator being OK with the president unilaterally making a decision that is clearly under Congress's purview. https://t.co/qI06E6wlEi
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) November 11, 2022
Biden goes around Congress unconstitutionally and Schumer’s like “thank you sir, may I have another!”
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Joe Biden says ‘you can’t make this stuff up’ while using MTG for BS student debt relief defense
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