Student loans in the USA

President Joe Biden and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. Evan Vucci/AP  

 

Cross stop for Biden's plan on written off student loans  

 

US student loans up to $20,000 will not be written off. The US Supreme Court has stood in the way of one of President Joe Biden's heaviest promises, which was aimed at 40 million borrowers.  

 

The court, which is made up of a majority of conservative justices, made the decision by a vote of 6-3. Chief Justice John Roberts comments that Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has some mandate to change the terms of student loans, but that the massive package approved by the Biden administration far exceeds that. 

 

The total amount of student loans covered by Biden's planned relief was $430 billion.  

 

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Trump nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett and Biden nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. Jacquelyn Martin/AP 

 

Student loans in the USA  

"Conservatives swung the sword on the last day"  

 

The conservative judges that Donald Trump appointed during his time as president are starting to make a real impression. That's what The Guardian's Ed Pilkington writes after several heavy decisions from the US Supreme Court.  

 

Friday was the last day before the court's annual recess, and then the six conservatives "swung the sword" against LGBTQ rights and Biden's plans to write off student debt for millions of Americans, Pilkington notes in his analysis.  

 

He believes that the conservative Chief Justice John Roberts previously largely held a moderate line, to the relief of progressive Americans who feared a harder turn to the right. But it is the conservative verdicts that will be remembered from the past year, he believes.  

 

The Washington Post's Robert Barnes writes that the period has been turbulent and unpredictable, but that it is a simplification to believe that the decisions always follow the ideological dividing lines. Instead, several compromises have been reached on issues that could have resulted in more controversial decisions.  

 

Six of the nine justices are conservative, three were nominated by Trump.  

 

Supreme Court of the United States. J. Scott Applewhite / AP  

 

Chief judge sharpens the tone against liberal HD colleagues  

 

John Roberts, the conservative chief justice of the US Supreme Court, warns liberal colleagues against demonizing the court when they disagree with decisions made, something he says has become a more common feature. Fox News reports. 

 

The statement comes after the Supreme Court put a stop to President Joe Biden's plans to write off student loans for millions of Americans. According to the court, the decision is not compatible with the constitution.  

 

One of the three dissenting justices, Elena Kagan, says it's not unusual — then or now — to sound the alarm when the court violates its mandate.  

 

Roberts was nominated to the justices by George W. Bush and Kagan by Barack Obama.