Seven GOP-led states are suing to block President Biden’s policy that would lower or eliminate debt for millions of student loan borrowers.
The lawsuit claims the Department of Education is “unlawfully trying to mass cancel hundreds of billions of dollars of loans” before the rule is finalized.
The lawsuit, led by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, was joined by Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, North Dakota, and Ohio.
The lawsuit, first reported by The Washington Post, argues that Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is secretly, “through cloak and dagger,” trying to forgive student loan debt after courts stopped him twice before.
In a statement, Bailey said his latest lawsuit challenges the Biden-Harris administration’s “third and weakest attempt” to cancel loans in mass “in the dark of night” without letting Congress or the public know.
“We successfully halted their first two illegal…
