A federal appeals court on Friday placed a temporary hold on President Biden's student debt forgiveness program while it considers an ongoing challenge to the initiative, throwing a wrench into one of the president's major agenda items.
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals halted the Biden administration's move in response to an appeal from a coalition of six GOP-led states to temporarily block the implementation of the program. The GOP coalition, made up of Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, South Carolina, and Iowa had appealed to the circuit court after their initial lawsuit against the Biden administration was dismissed, with CNN reporting the court did not feel the lawsuit met the threshold to continue.
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