The Supreme Court maintained a temporary pause on a Biden administration student debt relief plan Wednesday, leaving millions of borrowers on uncertain terms.
The Department of Justice had filed an emergency appeal in August asking SCOTUS to overturn a temporary halt imposed by a federal appeals court on the administration’s Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan, which lowered minimum monthly payments for eligible borrowers and allowed those who originally borrowed under $12,000 to have their debt forgiven after 10 years.
In a brief Wednesday ruling, the Court rejected the DOJ’s request. The court did not give a…