Ray From Cleveland
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Joe Biden illegally cancelled billions of dollars in student debt
To be very precise: he just announce it as a “plan,” today. Technically, he hasn’t done anything illegal yet.
As I pointed out to Leftwhiner, earlier today, and as others noted even before that, the President is not Constitutionally permitted to appropriate anything. The authority for that is vested exclusively in Congress.
So, Brandon’s announced plan is either an expression of his intent to violate the Constitution or he is going to have to pretend that Congress (via whatever law) had previously granted the President the authority to engage in such specific spending.
I’ve looked for such a law and have come up empty. Any ideas?
Here's my idea: They know this without a doubt going to be challenged in court, and perhaps all the way to the Supreme Court. Of course it's going to be happening just weeks before midterms, where Democrats can point fingers at how mean those Republicans are, how they only care about the rich guy, how they want to deprive our young Americans of the financial bondage they find themselves in.