Sarah Bedford on Biden student loan plan: More of a ‘talking point than an actual program’
Heather Hamilton
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The Washington Examiner’s Sarah Bedford said President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive student loans has always been more of a “talking point than an actual program.”
In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court ruled against Biden’s plan to wipe away $400 billion in student debt, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing the majority opinion in the case Biden v. Nebraska.
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“This is the exact playbook that the Biden administration ran before the midterms,” Bedford told Fox News. “They pitched this before the midterms to get the support of college voters for congressional Democrats, even though congressional Democrats wanted nothing to do with this. Biden did it because Congress wouldn’t, all the while realizing how susceptible the structure was to a court challenge.”
“I think the Higher Education Act is potentially even more vulnerable,” Bedford continued. “Biden doesn’t necessarily care if it gets him through the next election.”
Bedford also pointed out that despite Biden’s efforts, both he and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) have previously admitted that only Congress has the authority to cancel student loans.
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“There’s a reason why Congress hasn’t, though,” Bedford explained. “It’s not popular. It’s not popular with blue-collar workers. It’s not popular with white-collar workers, who already paid off their student loans. There’s a very narrow strip of Americans who would benefit from this and who support it politically, and that’s who Biden is targeting.”
She added that while liberals have chastised the Supreme Court for ruling that Biden’s plan to forgive student loans is unconstitutional, the decision reflects the justices’ originalist vision of the Constitution.