The Biden administration said the Supreme Court “got it wrong” on student debt forgiveness in a recent email to student loan holders.
The Education Department’s Federal Student Aid office sent a letter to Americans who still owe student loans, assuring them that the administration would keep fighting to forgive their debt.
“We believe the Supreme Court got it wrong,” read the email, which was signed by Education Secretary Miguel Cardona.
“While we disagree with the Court’s decision, our Administration will not stop fighting to provide debt relief to borrowers. We will use every tool at our disposal to do so,” Cardona wrote.
The email explained that the Supreme Court’s decision means the Biden administration cannot move forward with its student debt forgiveness plan.
Last month, the Supreme Court struck down President Biden’s $430 billion student debt relief policy that would have forgiven the student debt of about 40 million people. The high court ruled 6-3 that the…
