Justice Barrett Shuts down Bid to Block Biden Student Loan Forgiveness Program

President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program was granted a reprieve Thursday when Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett refused a bid to block the controversial policy.

Barrett oversees emergency requests from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, and she shut down it down without comment and without noting whether it was referred to the rest of the Supreme Court justices.

The emergency appeal was filed by the Wisconsin Institute of Law and Liberty on behalf of the Brown County Taxpayers Association, but the federal government argued that they had no standing to make the request.