14 July 13-19, 2023 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents betrayal to 40 million student loan borrow- ers and their families counting on the court to uphold the law and move them closer to economic freedom,” Persis Yu, the organiza- tion’s deputy executive director, said in a statement. The center also released results from a poll it conducted showing a majority of po- tential voters support the student loan for- giveness program. According to the poll, about 61% of likely voters said they sup- ported the program, and 36% said they op- posed it. The decision comes after two lawsuits were filed against the Biden administra- tion over the program. One lawsuit, Biden v. Nebraska, was brought by Republican officials in Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, South Carolina, Arkansas and Iowa. These states argued that the program would affect their ability to collect tax reve- nue from student loan borrowers. The other lawsuit came out of North Texas and was filed by the Addison- based advocacy group Job Creators Network Founda- tion. In that suit, ti- tled Biden v. Brown, two Texas student loan borrowers sued because they did not qualify or only partially qualified for the program. In a unanimous decision, the Su- preme Court declined to take up the Texas case, ruling the plaintiffs lacked standing to sue. Regardless, Elaine Parker, president of the Job Creators Network Foundation, said in an emailed statement that the deci- sion in Bide V. Nebraska was a “great vic- tory for our Constitution.” She said the foundation’s case played an “integral role” in the Supreme Court striking down the program. “We brought this case on behalf of two plaintiffs, and we’re pleased the ruling stops one of the most egregious examples of executive overreach in modern Ameri- can history,” Parker said. “Our case, brought in Texas, blocked the entire pro- gram at the district level and stopped the application process, allowing the legal challenge to go to the Supreme Court. We are all winners today that this illegal pro- gram has been struck down.” Despite the decision on the suits, some say there is still a path forward for student loan forgiveness. One source with the White House told The Hill that the Biden Adminis- tration was prepared for this to happen and that it will be announcing new plans to pro- tect student loan borrowers. “While we strongly disagree with the court, we prepared for this scenario,” the source told The Hill. “The president will make clear he’s not done fighting yet and will announce new actions to protect stu- dent loan borrowers.” Student loan payments are set to resume in October, and interest on those loans will start accruing in September. “TODAY’S DECISION IS AN ABSOLUTE BETRAYAL TO 40 MILLION STUDENT LOAN BORROWERS.” - PERSIS YU Unfair Park from p12 DIGITAL MARKETING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE INTERESTED CANDIDATES PLEASE SEND YOUR COVER LETTER AND RESUME TO [email protected] D SCAN HERE TO ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS DICKIES ARENA SAT, JUL 29
