A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has declined to put on hold a lower court’s ruling that blocks the Biden administration student debt-relief plan. The panel ordered on Wednesday that a ruling by U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman of the Northern District of Texas will stand while the administration appeals the decision. One of the three judges who made the order, James Earl Graves Jr. was nominated to the 5th Circuit by then-President Barack Obama in 2011, while the other two are Republican appointees. Pittman, who was nominated by former President Donald Trump , ruled that the debt-relief program was “unconstitutional exercise of Congress ‘s legislative power” on November 10. The Biden administration had asked the 5th Circuit to place Pittman’s ruling on hold pending appeal, but now that the court has ruled against the White House, they may seek to involve the Supreme Court . In their ruling, the judges ordered “that this matter is expedited to the The administration has previously indicated in court filings that it would ask the Supreme Court to intervene if the 5th Circuit declined to grant a stay of Pittman’s ruling. Newsweek has asked the White… Read full this story
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