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So they didn't say they were not harmed, not even in those internal emails (which are pearl-clutching about the optics of the situation). After that, what we ha

So they didn't say they were not harmed, not even in those internal emails (which are pearl-clutching about the optics of the situation). After that, what we have left is an analysis by a third party which has been ripped to shreds: https://reason.com/volokh/2023/05/06/new-report-on-state-state-standing-in-student-loan-case-comes-up-a-few-dollars-short/ https://reason.com/volokh/2023/05/06/new-report-on-state-sta... When Adler says that the report is "carefully worded", what he means is that it is designed to mislead, and he's right. > The authors of the report are essentially trying to argue that because MOHELA revenues are higher than they used to be, it does not matter that, without loan cancellation, they would be higher still. Edit: Volokh -> Adler

Drunk_Engineer 3y ago
So if MOHELA were actually harmed -- shouldn't they be the plaintiff in the lawsuit?
- jadamson 3y ago
  Their owners - the State of Missouri - are the plaintiff. It should go without saying that I don't require my employees to support legal actions I undertake relating to an entity that I own. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_Education_Loan_Authority_of_the_State_of_Missouri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_Education_Loan_Authorit... Edit: In reality, the technicalities in this case stretch that analogy - Adler writes about that as well in his penultimate paragraph, linking to opinions falling on either side: https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/08/arguments-for-standing-in-the-student-loan-cases/ https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/08/arguments-for-standing-... https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/09/third-party-standing-doctrine-shouldnt-block-lawsuits-challenging-bidens-student-loan-forgiveness-plan/ https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/09/third-party-standing-do... https://reason.com/volokh/2022/09/05/does-anyone-have-standing-to-bring-a-lawsuit-against-bidens-student-loan-debt-cancellation-policy/ https://reason.com/volokh/2022/09/05/does-anyone-have-standi...

Drunk_Engineer 3y ago

So if MOHELA were actually harmed -- shouldn't they be the plaintiff in the lawsuit?

jadamson 3y ago
Their owners - the State of Missouri - are the plaintiff. It should go without saying that I don't require my employees to support legal actions I undertake relating to an entity that I own. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_Education_Loan_Authority_of_the_State_of_Missouri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_Education_Loan_Authorit... Edit: In reality, the technicalities in this case stretch that analogy - Adler writes about that as well in his penultimate paragraph, linking to opinions falling on either side: https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/08/arguments-for-standing-in-the-student-loan-cases/ https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/08/arguments-for-standing-... https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/09/third-party-standing-doctrine-shouldnt-block-lawsuits-challenging-bidens-student-loan-forgiveness-plan/ https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/09/third-party-standing-do... https://reason.com/volokh/2022/09/05/does-anyone-have-standing-to-bring-a-lawsuit-against-bidens-student-loan-debt-cancellation-policy/ https://reason.com/volokh/2022/09/05/does-anyone-have-standi...