Tag: Judiciary

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Criticized for Comments Supporting Affirmative Action

Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s critical take on the Supreme Court decision to end affirmative action policies and bar schools from applying race-based criteria to admissions has faced an outpouring of criticism online. The Supreme Court’s 6–3 decision on June 29 revived a strict interpretation of the 14th Amendment to make clear that equal…


SCOTUS Cites Nancy Pelosi’s Own Words to Justify Blocking Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

A set of 2021 comments by then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) ended up undermining President Joe Biden’s efforts to implement a student loan cancellation plan. On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Biden could not excuse student debt repayments through the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 (HEROES Act) or…


Conservatives Are Giving Trump Credit for Recent SCOTUS Rulings

During former President Donald Trump’s tenure, he appointed 234 judges, including three associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.  The appointments made at the highest level of the court are far from being record numbers, but political commentators have been predicting paradigm-shifting rulings like the ones handed down this week since the…


ANALYSIS: Student Loan Cancellation Killed by SCOTUS, What Borrowers Can Expect Next

The legal fight over President Joe Biden’s proposal to “forgive” billions of dollars in federal student debt is finally put to an end, so are all questions and confusions about when, or if at all, borrowers will have to start paying their bills again. Prior to Friday’s decision, the U.S. Supreme Court had heard a…


ANALYSIS: Student Loan Cancellation Killed by SCOTUS—What Can Borrowers Can Expect Next?

The legal fight over President Joe Biden’s proposal to “forgive” billions of dollars in federal student debt has finally been put to rest, along with all questions and confusion about when, or if at all, borrowers of student loans will have to start paying their debts again. Prior to Friday’s decision, the U.S. Supreme Court…


ANALYSIS: Student Loan Cancellation Killed by SCOTUS—What Can Borrowers Expect Next?

The legal fight over President Joe Biden’s proposal to “forgive” billions of dollars in federal student debt has finally been put to rest, along with all questions and confusion about when, or if at all, borrowers of student loans will have to start paying their debts again. Prior to Friday’s decision, the U.S. Supreme Court…


US Supreme Court Takes Up Major Second Amendment Dispute

The U.S. Supreme Court will rule on whether people under domestic violence restraining orders have the right to possess firearms, announcing Friday that it will hear a case on the matter during its next term. The court on Friday agreed to review an appeal by President Joe Biden’s administration of a lower court’s ruling that…


Diversity ‘Essential to Academic Excellence’: Harvard Responds to Supreme Court Ruling

Following the Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action in college and university admissions, Harvard University, one of the nation’s most prestigious institutions and one of the schools named in the case, responded with the argument that using race as a factor in the admission process is “essential to academic excellence.” In a statement released June…


LIVE 3:30 PM ET: Biden Speaks on Supreme Court’s Ruling on His Student Debt Relief Program

President Joe Biden remarks on the Supreme Court’s decision on the student debt relief program at 3:30 p.m. ET on June 30. …


Biden Speaks on Supreme Court’s Ruling on His Student Debt Relief Program

President Joe Biden remarks on the Supreme Court’s decision on the student debt relief program at 3:30 p.m. ET on June 30. …