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liortulip OP t1_jan0rf6 wrote

Reply to comment by NoBSforGma in [OC] Supreme court is forecast to block student debt relief by liortulip

Oh that's really interesting - do you know what other mechanisms are at the administration's disposal?

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dravenonred t1_jan42ga wrote

Probably making it a central campaign issue and driving youth turnout to return Biden to the White House and Congress to the Democrats.

"We did it, they stopped it"

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Howamidriving27 t1_jan87zr wrote

That's all it's ever been anyway. Biden was instrumental in making student loans unforgivable through bankruptcy, drug his feet on the issue, and finally proposed what most progressives would consider to be woefully inadequate forgiveness.

Honestly I bet Joe and old guard Dems are probably jumping for joy because they still have political level to pull in 2024.

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NoBSforGma t1_jan1t2q wrote

No, I don't. I've just seen this happen in other court cases that were decided based on some kind of procedural problem.

Like...."OK, if you don't like us doing it THIS way, we will do it THAT way."

It may turn out that if the Court blocks the current student debt relief, it will say........ "... because something something something" and the Biden Administration can overcome that objection just by doing it a different way.

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DoeCommaJohn t1_jancu5d wrote

In theory, they could change some wording so that the debt doesn’t actually go away, but can’t be collected, so it technically isn’t debt relief, but that isn’t likely to work

Realistically, the only way this will happen is if dems get another trifecta, and with Manchin, they would probably need 51 senators. The court will say that only congress has the power to forgive debts of this magnitude and Republicans will never in a million years support this

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eldiablonoche t1_jaoxf19 wrote

>In theory, they could change some wording so that the debt doesn’t actually go away, but can’t be collected, so it technically isn’t debt relief.

Which would result in a metric F-ton of lawsuits on top of the political pressure on top of the lobbying on top of etc. etc. etc.

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