In a succession of more punching down, the US Supreme Court has struck down the Biden administration’s signature student loan forgiveness programme meaning millions of indebted borrowers burdened. Along the political leanings of the justices, they ruled that federal law does not authorise the Department of Education the right to reduce or discharge loans taken out to cover tuition fees that have become exorbitant, impacting the personal economies of some one in eight citizens, some forty million Americans. 
The suit, the plaintiff being one of the largest student debt servicers, alleged that erasing the financial obligations would impair its ability to offer future aid to college students and was a “direct injury to the host state itself.” The dissenting argument pointed out that the states (mostly Republican dominated ones that wanted to kneecap this perceived concession to young voters for transparently political reasons) did not have a right to sue and the court was overreaching its mandate by hearing it at all. Repayments are expected to resume in October. In the same session, the court also struck down a law preventing businesses from discriminating against LGBTQI+ individuals.
synchronoptica
one year ago: the standoff at Snake Island, International Asteroid Day, document 5 (1972) plus assorted links to revisit
two years ago: more links worth the revisit, leap seconds introduced (1972) plus the history of stereotype
three years ago: French video-text service (1980), happy birthday Kate Bush and Emily Brontรซ, the first dada exhibition (1920), a car by Raymond Loewy plus more Japanese yลkai
four years ago: burning draft cards plus a Thunderbirds hotel in Slough
five years ago: Marybel the Doll that Gets Well plus mothballed commemorative statues of the US presidents
