Trump Judge Mark Pittman finds Biden's student loan program unlawful, issues a nationwide injunction

[In It to Win It]

Mark Joseph Stern
@mjs_DC
Trump Judge Mark Pittman finds Biden’s student loan relief program unlawful and issues a nationwide injunction blocking debt relief for every single borrower. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.368635/gov.uscourts.txnd.368635.37.0.pdf

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[msongs]

1. too bad this ruling did not come out last week nt

[ananda]

2. I don't get it. I thought SCOTUS already ruled on this.

In favor.

[Claustrum]

4. Republican standard operation.

They file many similar but different law suits in many different states and circuit court jurisdictions until they get one crazy enough to go with them because politics. I expected this to happen.

[In It to Win It]

5. No, that was just a denial of an emergency application to block it IIRC

Also, those were different cases

[FBaggins]

7. No. They declined to hear an appeal

That isn’t the same thing as hearing an appeal and ruling against it.

Also - agreeing that a particular plaintiff lacks standing is not tantamount to ruling that nobody else could have standing

[walkingman]

3. Leave it to a Texas Judge to fuck things up for millions of people. 😡

[Irish_Dem]

6. Judges no longer upholding the law, but are agents of the Putin/GOP.

[dalton99a]

17. +1

[FBaggins]

8. Just preliminary

Though written in a way that implies that will be his eventual decision

[RedSpartan]

9. He has issued his ruling. Now let him enforce it.

[Amishman]

10. let's not even joke about that

normalization of ignoring the courts will not end well for us

[The Magistrate]

12. I Make An Exception For The 5th Circuit, Sir

Those fellas need an attitude adjustment....

[Nevilledog]

15. This isn't the appellate court, just a Trump appointed district court.

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Trump Judge Mark Pittman finds Biden’s student loan relief program unlawful and issues a nationwide injunction blocking debt relief for every single borrower. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.368635/gov.uscourts.txnd.368635.37.0.pdf…
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Let's be very clear here, these plaintiffs don't have standing. What we have is a Texas Trump "judge" who doesn't think settled law applies to him if it forces an outcome he dislikes. Two generalized grievances don't satisfy the injury-in-fact element of standing.
5:52 PM · Nov 10, 2022

[Celerity]

14. I can think of two things where we will likely ignore IF the RW SCOTUS is crazy enough to rule in

favour of either:

foetal personhood (instant nationwide ban on all or almost all abortions)

the independent state legislature theory so that Rethug trifecta states can negate a Dem popular vote POTUS win in their states and send Rethug slates for POTUS in the EC

[Alhena]

11. This will be reversed on standing. The Kansas suit is the strongest

Since the Cato Institute plaintiff in Kansas at least has a standing argument. The plaintiffs in this Texas case don't.

[Pas-de-Calais]

13. Too late asswipe

My daughter already got a portion of her loans returned to her.

[MichMan]

16. I'm sure they will just be added back to her outstanding balance if this holds