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https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5163315-biden-debt-shift-constitutional-crisis/
The U.S. Court of Appeals just averted a constitutional crisis — Democrats should be relieved.
That it came from blocking yet another attempt by former President Joe Biden to shift billions in debt from college students to the general taxpayer should make no difference to those with such acute constitutional concerns. Right?
On Feb. 18, the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Biden’s Education Department had exceeded its authority in attempting to shift college debt on a scale similar to that provided by Biden’s initial 2022 massive college debt shift. In 2023, the Supreme Court had ruled against Biden’s effort to permanently cancel up to $430 billion in loan debt for as many as 43 million borrowers under the HEROES Act.
Undeterred, Biden sought multiple times to stretch other laws to shift college debt. By the time he left the White House, he was trying to cancel $184 billion in debt owed to taxpayers by approximately 5 million borrowers.
So to recap, there was a definitive Supreme Court ruling followed by repeated attempts by a president to circumvent it. The judicial branch determined and the executive branch ignored it. Were the Biden-Harris administration still in office, there’s no reason to believe — based on repeated prior attempts — that the executive branch would not still be ignoring the judicial branch.
If ever there were the makings of constitutional crisis, this would seem to have it.
For weeks, Democrats have been echoing the mantra of “constitutional crisis” over the Trump administration’s DOGE efforts to cut spending, personnel, and regulations. However, there is no Democrat roar of approval here. In fact, the silence is deafening.
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5163315-biden-debt-shift-constitutional-crisis/
The U.S. Court of Appeals just averted a constitutional crisis — Democrats should be relieved.
That it came from blocking yet another attempt by former President Joe Biden to shift billions in debt from college students to the general taxpayer should make no difference to those with such acute constitutional concerns. Right?
On Feb. 18, the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Biden’s Education Department had exceeded its authority in attempting to shift college debt on a scale similar to that provided by Biden’s initial 2022 massive college debt shift. In 2023, the Supreme Court had ruled against Biden’s effort to permanently cancel up to $430 billion in loan debt for as many as 43 million borrowers under the HEROES Act.
Undeterred, Biden sought multiple times to stretch other laws to shift college debt. By the time he left the White House, he was trying to cancel $184 billion in debt owed to taxpayers by approximately 5 million borrowers.
So to recap, there was a definitive Supreme Court ruling followed by repeated attempts by a president to circumvent it. The judicial branch determined and the executive branch ignored it. Were the Biden-Harris administration still in office, there’s no reason to believe — based on repeated prior attempts — that the executive branch would not still be ignoring the judicial branch.
If ever there were the makings of constitutional crisis, this would seem to have it.
For weeks, Democrats have been echoing the mantra of “constitutional crisis” over the Trump administration’s DOGE efforts to cut spending, personnel, and regulations. However, there is no Democrat roar of approval here. In fact, the silence is deafening.
