A Louisiana attorney filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration’s student loan debt forgiveness plan, representing yet another legal challenge against the program.
Attorney Tommy Badeaux filed (pdf) the suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in New Orleans and accused the White House of infringing on the Constitution’s separation of powers clause by forgiving billions of dollars in debt without any action from Congress. He was joined by the Pelican Center for Justice and the Pelican Institute for Public Policy, according to the groups.
”You can’t carte blanche cancel half a trillion dollars of debts owed to the taxpayers without consulting them,” Daniel Erspamer, CEO of the Pelican Institute, in a news release announcing the lawsuit. “That’s bad policy. And in this instance, it’s also illegal and unconstitutional. Congress and the people they represent should’ve been involved in a decision that will affect millions of Americans and do nothing to lower the cost of getting an education.”…