WaPo Admits Biden ‘Overreached’ With Student Loan Plan, but Urges SCOTUS to Let It Stand

One of President Joe Biden’s major promises is on the line as the ⚖️Supreme Court considers whether it is legal.

On Tuesday, the high court heard arguments about the legality of Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, and the conservative justices appeared skeptical of it.

The Washington Post editorial board wrote in an editorial published on Wednesday that Biden “overreached” with his plan. However, it argued the ⚖️Supreme Court “shouldn’t stop him.”

“The policy is expensive and ill-targeted, and made worse by the fact that Mr. Biden failed to get congressional approval for the $400 billion initiative,” the editorial stated. “While we have criticized the Biden plan as a regressive and expensive mistake, we also believe it would be an overreach for the justices to strike it down. There are limits that restrict when and how the court can exercise its authority — and this is one of the instances in which it should recognize those limits.”

Biden’s debt forgiveness revolves around the 2002 Heroes Act, which gives the executive branch the ability to “waive or modify” student loan provisions in an emergency.

“But Mr. Biden’s student debt forgiveness scheme is far more expansive — and a questionable reading of the two-decade-old law,” the editorial argued.