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Related: About this forumLawsuit Claims Biden's Student Loan Debt Relief Plan Is Somehow Racist - Ring of Fire
A new lawsuit has been filed to stop President Biden's student loan debt relief program, and the taxpayer group that initiated the suit claims that it is a violation of the 14th Amendment. In short, the group claims that because Biden says this will help a lot of minority students and borrowers, then clearly it is a violation of the "Equal Protection Clause" of the Constitution. This is one of the dumbest legal arguments imaginable, as Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains.
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Lawsuit Claims Biden's Student Loan Debt Relief Plan Is Somehow Racist - Ring of Fire (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Oct 2022
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Wisconsin group says Biden's student debt plan has 'improper racial motive'
LetMyPeopleVote
Oct 2022
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LetMyPeopleVote
(145,242 posts)1. Wisconsin group says Biden's student debt plan has 'improper racial motive'
This legal attack makes no sense. These assholes are upset that white people are getting less benefit compared to African Americans. In effect, white people are a protected class and no program can favor any other group. These assholes want to enshrine into law the concept that all programs must solely favor white persons.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/10/04/student-loan-forgiveness-black-borrowers/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social
A group in Wisconsin claims President Bidens plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student loan debt violates federal law by intentionally seeking to narrow the racial wealth gap and help Black borrowers.
The allegation is among the claims in a lawsuit filed Tuesday by conservative legal outfit Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty on behalf of the Brown County Taxpayers Association. The complaint largely relies on arguments of executive overreach that have been raised in other legal actions to block Bidens plan.
It stands out, however, by also bringing race into the mix.
In promoting the debt forgiveness plan, the White House has said it could help narrow the racial wealth gap and advance racial equity. But the lawsuit argues that those statements constitute an improper racial motive and violate the constitutions guarantee of equal protection of the laws.
The White House has indicated that one reason to do this is that they believe it would disproportionately benefit certain racial groups, said Rick Esenberg, president and general counsel of the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty. The racial motivation supports these taxpayers standing to challenge [the policy] and informs yet another constitutional difficulty with the program.
The allegation is among the claims in a lawsuit filed Tuesday by conservative legal outfit Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty on behalf of the Brown County Taxpayers Association. The complaint largely relies on arguments of executive overreach that have been raised in other legal actions to block Bidens plan.
It stands out, however, by also bringing race into the mix.
In promoting the debt forgiveness plan, the White House has said it could help narrow the racial wealth gap and advance racial equity. But the lawsuit argues that those statements constitute an improper racial motive and violate the constitutions guarantee of equal protection of the laws.
The White House has indicated that one reason to do this is that they believe it would disproportionately benefit certain racial groups, said Rick Esenberg, president and general counsel of the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty. The racial motivation supports these taxpayers standing to challenge [the policy] and informs yet another constitutional difficulty with the program.
White persons are not a protected class. Thie llawsuit is really sad
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,242 posts)2. Judge dismisses Wisconsin lawsuit against loan forgiveness
This lawsuit was so stupid that it was clear that it was not going to go anywhere
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https://apnews.com/article/biden-wisconsin-education-lawsuits-green-bay-36fa25c9ee507c9d379806c5f0e48ebf
A federal judge in Wisconsin has dismissed a lawsuit from a taxpayers group seeking to block President Joe Bidens student loan forgiveness program, ruling that the group doesnt have standing to bring the lawsuit.
The Brown County Taxpayers Association argued that Bidens order unlawfully circumvented Congress power over spending. They also argued the plan was discriminatory by seeking to give particular help to borrowers of color.
U.S. District Judge William Griesbach, an appointee of President George W. Bush, tossed the case Thursday, writing that the group does not have standing to challenge the plan simply because they are taxpayers.
Biden enacted the debt relief plan under the HEROES Act, which was passed after the Sept. 11 attacks sparked an American-led military campaign aimed at terrorism. The act gave the executive branch authority to forgive student loan debt in association with military operations or national emergencies.
The Brown County Taxpayers Association argued that Bidens order unlawfully circumvented Congress power over spending. They also argued the plan was discriminatory by seeking to give particular help to borrowers of color.
U.S. District Judge William Griesbach, an appointee of President George W. Bush, tossed the case Thursday, writing that the group does not have standing to challenge the plan simply because they are taxpayers.
Biden enacted the debt relief plan under the HEROES Act, which was passed after the Sept. 11 attacks sparked an American-led military campaign aimed at terrorism. The act gave the executive branch authority to forgive student loan debt in association with military operations or national emergencies.