White House Vows to Appeal Court Ruling Blocking Parts of Student Loan Relief Plan

The White House on Tuesday vowed to appeal two district court rulings that block key parts of the federal government’s signature student loan forgiveness plan known as the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan. In legal challenges to the legitimacy of the SAVE plan by GOP-led states, federal judges in Missouri and Kansas issued separate rulings on June 24 that block portions of the program, which aims to lower student loan payments and forgive debts. In the Kansas ruling, the judge blocked parts of the SAVE plan nationwide, but declined to unwind portions of it that were already in effect. In the Missouri order, the judge similarly opted to block any further implementation of the program’s student loan forgiveness provisions until the matter can be fully litigated....