For more than thirty years, college students have been assured that their student loan debts would not follow them forever. The federal government promised that if they paid a portion of their income every month, after a certain number of years any remaining debt would be forgiven. This fundamentally important component of the federal student loan program is currently in danger because of a partisan fight in the courts.
As part of his broader effort to provide loan relief for public servants, seniors, the disabled, and victims of for-profit college scams, President Joe Biden last year created a repayment program called SAVE that offered more generous terms than prior plans. In challenging the SAVE plan in court,…
