Justice Amy Coney Barrett rejects Wisconsin taxpayers group's appeal over Biden student debt plan
- ASSOCIATED PRESS
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J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday rejected an appeal from a Wisconsin taxpayers group seeking to stop the Biden administration’s student debt cancellation program.
Barrett did not comment in turning away the appeal from the Brown County Taxpayers Association, which also has lost rounds in lower federal courts. The group wrote in its Supreme Court filing that it needed an emergency order to put the program on hold because the administration could begin canceling outstanding student debt as soon as Sunday.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the group by the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty.
Barrett oversees emergency appeals from Wisconsin and neighboring states. She acted on her own, without involving the rest of the court.
U.S. District Judge William Griesbach had earlier dismissed the group’s lawsuit, finding it didn’t have the legal right, or standing, to bring the case. A panel of appellate judges refused to step in with an emergency order.