West Plains, MO. – Republican attorneys general for Missouri, Arkansas, and four other states have filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration’s Student Debt Relief Plan.
On Thursday, Missouri A.G. Eric Schmitt and Arkansas A.G. Leslie Rutledge released information on the lawsuit stating “The suit alleges that Biden violated federal law, the constitutional principle of separation of powers and the Administrative Procedure Act when he skirted congressional authority to implement this policy.”
“President Biden’s unlawful political play puts the self-wrought college-loan debt on the backs of millions of hardworking Americans who are struggling to pay their utility bills and home loans in the midst of Biden’s inflation,” said Rutledge. “President Biden does not have the power to arbitrarily erase the college debt of adults who chose to take out those loans.”
“The Biden Administration’s executive action to cancel student loan debt was not only unconstitutional, it will unfairly burden working class families and those who chose not to take out loans or have paid them off with even more economic woes,” said Schmitt. “The Biden Administration’s unlawful edict will only worsen inflation at a time when many Americans are struggling to get by”
The Student Debt Relief Plan has over 777,000 Missourians and 350,000 Arkansans eligible for student loan or Pell grant relief.
The lawsuit highlights that President Biden knew he did not have the proper authority to authorize this type of executive action, which is why he attempted to work with Congress to find a legitimate and legal solution to the student loan crisis. After Congress routinely failed to pass legislation addressing the issue, Biden attempted to unilaterally act far beyond the authority granted to him by the Constitution. This action will result in approximately half a trillion dollars in losses to the federal treasury and contribute to the already rampant inflation the nation is experiencing.
Joining Missouri and Arkansas in the suit are the states of: Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and South Carolina.
