Nancy Pelosi disregards Supreme Court citation in response to student loan ruling.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Responds to Supreme Court Ruling on Student Loan Debt
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has issued a response to the recent Supreme Court decision striking down President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel billions in student loan debt. However, Pelosi’s statement fails to address the fact that her own words were used against her in the ruling.
In her statement released on Friday, Pelosi expressed her disagreement with the Majority Opinion of the Supreme Court, which invalidated Biden’s plan to cancel $400 billion in student loans for over 40 million students. She argued that the court ignored the compelling arguments put forth by the Department of Education and former House Education Committee Chairman George Miller regarding the President’s legal authority.
“President Biden is to be commended for his action to ease the student loan burden, which disproportionately harms women and people of color. Energized by our commitment to equity, justice, and opportunity, the fight is not over.”
However, Pelosi’s statement seems to contradict comments she made during a press conference in July 2021, which have been circulating throughout the day. Chief Justice John Roberts, in the majority opinion, quoted Pelosi’s previous explanation of the limits of the President’s power.
“As then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi explained: ‘People think that the President of the United States has the power for debt forgiveness. He does not. He can postpone. He can delay. But he does not have that power. That has to be an act of Congress.'”
President Biden had claimed that he had the authority to cancel student loans through the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003, also known as the HEROES Act. However, six Republican-led states sued the Biden administration, arguing that the President had exceeded his legal authority when he launched the program last August.
It remains to be seen how this ruling will impact the ongoing debate surrounding student loan debt and the authority of the President to address this issue.
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