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Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022

Is a conservative Wisconsin law firm arguing that Biden’s student debt relief plan is unconstitutional in part because it aims to ‘narrow the racial wealth gap’?


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The conservative law firm Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness plan on Oct. 4, claiming the plan would be unconstitutional. 

WILL says the Biden administration had announced an "explicit racial motivation" as a justification for the plan — to "narrow the racial wealth gap" and help Black students. By doing that, WILL claims, the administration "violated the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection of the law." Black student borrowers tend to owe more money that white student borrowers and are more likely to default on their loans.

WILL also alleges the plan violates the constitutional separation of powers because Congress never approved the program. "Defendants have unconstitutionally exercised the taxing and spending power of Congress," WILL claims.

The group is asking a judge to immediately block Biden's plan while the lawsuit is pending.

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