Justice Department argues Biden administration's student debt relief program is lawful
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The Justice Department has filed its response to an appeals court's decision to pause the Biden administration's student debt relief program, arguing that the program is lawful and that the states lack standing to intervene and the pause puts public interest in jeopardy.
But if the court must put the program on hold, pending appeal, the department argues that the court should only do so in states where state attorneys general sued.
On Friday, the 8th Circuit issued a temporary stay in response to an emergency motion brought by attorneys for several Republican-led states, after a lower court had ruled that their September lawsuit to stop the debt forgiveness program lacked standing.
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