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The difference is Congress has passed a statute explicitly saying "the Secretary of Education may waive or modify any statutory or regulatory provision applicab
by dataflow 4y ago
The difference is Congress has passed a statute explicitly saying "the Secretary of Education may waive or modify any statutory or regulatory provision applicable to the student financial assistance programs under title IV of the Act as the Secretary deems necessary in connection with a war or other military operation or national emergency to provide the waivers or modifications authorized by paragraph," but no such statute for auto loans or credit cards.
- junofan 4y agoCongress has to act explicitly on stuff with major political or economic significance. The courts are a check on agency power. The Secretary of Education can’t do literally whatever he feels like no matter what the law says.
- dataflow 4y agoI mean, that's an argument you can make about the loan forgiveness question, but it's a non-sequitur insofar as the "how are student loans any different from credit card loans" question this thread was concerned with.
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