Biden's student loan forgiveness plan is 'unlawful,' two professors say, but legal challenges carry 'dangerous...

Key Points

• Two law professors, in a brief to the Supreme Court, said they think Biden's student loan forgiveness plan is "unlawful" but they still urge the court to reject the legal challenges brought against the policy.
• William Baude, of the University of Chicago, and Samuel Bray, of the University of Notre Dame, said the plaintiffs' theories in the two lawsuits the court is considering are "wrong."
• More than 10 other briefs in support of the president's plan have been filed with the justices.

Activists hold a student loan forgiveness rally near the White House on April 27, 2022.

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Although they call President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan "unlawful," two university law professors are urging the Supreme Court to reject the legal challenges that have been brought against it.

"The standing theories that have been thrown at the wall in these cases are wrong, and many of them would have dangerous implications," wrote William Baude, a law professor at the University of Chicago Law School, and Samuel Bray, a University of Notre Dame law professor, in an amici curiae brief filed on Wednesday with the nation's highest court.