• sharedburdens [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    He could have tried to pack the court and made them stop him, you know, act like he was putting in the effort.

    Why are we even so concerned about the fucking court, they barely have anyone with guns who answers to them, send in the troops and do something good with them for once.

    • ElHexo [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      If the justices do strike down the proposal, McCollum says the administration’s best alternative would be to look to the Higher Education Act (HEA). This 1965 law allows student loan relief for certain groups of borrowers, including those whose institutions have since closed.

      McCollum points out that, under section 432(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1082(a), the Secretary is given the authority to modify, “… compromise, waive, or release any right, title, claim, lien, or demand, however acquired, including any equity or any right of redemption.”