A federal appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked the Biden administration from carrying out its student loan forgiveness plan, until the court makes a determination on a request for an injunction brought by six Republican-led states, according to multiple media reports.
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is giving the Biden administration until Monday to respond, and those six states—Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas and South Carolina—will have until Tuesday to respond. The court said the order prohibited the administration from “discharging any student loan debt,” according to a copy of the document posted by the New York Times.