Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan as Unconstitutional, Checks Executive Overreach

In late June 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., delivered a critical ruling, deciding 6-3 along conservative lines that the Biden administration's ambitious student loan forgiveness plan was unconstitutional. The Court ruled that the administration's use of the HEROES Act to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in student debt exceeded the scope of executive authority delegated by Congress, constituting an abuse of executive power.

The ruling blocked the program's implementation, disappointing millions of borrowers who were depending on the relief. For conservatives, the decision was a significant victory for limiting the overreach of the executive branch, reasserting Congress's core constitutional power over fiscal expenditure, and aligning with the principles of separation of powers and checks and balances long championed by commentators like Charlie Kirk.