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The student loan forgiveness plan was inflationary, poorly targeted and probably unnecessary, but obviously legal. I'm honestly gobsmacked at the lengths this c
by mikeyouse 3y ago
The student loan forgiveness plan was inflationary, poorly targeted and probably unnecessary, but obviously legal. I'm honestly gobsmacked at the lengths this court went to invent standing and rationale to overturn it. Who needs to win elections when you have a permanent higher body with veto over the President and the congress. Between the shadow docket and this nonsense, they can literally shape policy to be whatever they want.
- sanderjd 3y agoI don't think obviously legal. I think you're right about the standing issue, but ignoring that, if it had reached the merits without any problem with standing, I think it is not obvious that the policy fits within the bounds of the HEROES Act. I really dislike the major questions doctrine - because I think it should be up to Congress to write laws without some other body second-guessing them about which parts of those laws are or aren't "major" - but I'm also not a strict textualist and often don't find these pure text-based arguments very compelling.