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a law that was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as unconstitutional
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But the last several months have been mired by higher education woes, such as the Supreme Court's gutting of affirmative action last year and President Joe Biden's initial student debt relief plan introduced in 2022 (and struck down by the Supreme Court last year).
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Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2024
How is this plan different from the one struck down by the Supreme Court?
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024
This is the first direct attempt at bringing back a revised version of President Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness program, which the Supreme Court struck down last year, crushing the hopes of more than 40 million eligible borrowers who could have had up to $20,000 in debt canceled.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 8 Apr. 2024
In that case, the Court struck down a Seattle policy of using race as a factor in assigning students to high schools with the aim of attaining rough racial balance.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Court challenges could be coming The plan is based on the Higher Education Act, a different law than the one struck down last summer and one Biden officials said would hold up stronger to legal challenges.
—Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2024
The Supreme Court struck down most of the law as an unconstitutional encroachment on federal power over immigration.
—TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
The majority struck down parts of it, but Scalia had disagreed, saying states should be able to exclude people who are there unlawfully.
—Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
But the Supreme Court struck down the GOP’s efforts and ruled that public tax dollars must be spent only on common, interpreted as public, schools and cannot be diverted to private or charter schools.
—Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2024
Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2024
How is this plan different from the one struck down by the Supreme Court?
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024
This is the first direct attempt at bringing back a revised version of President Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness program, which the Supreme Court struck down last year, crushing the hopes of more than 40 million eligible borrowers who could have had up to $20,000 in debt canceled.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 8 Apr. 2024
In that case, the Court struck down a Seattle policy of using race as a factor in assigning students to high schools with the aim of attaining rough racial balance.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Court challenges could be coming The plan is based on the Higher Education Act, a different law than the one struck down last summer and one Biden officials said would hold up stronger to legal challenges.
—Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2024
The Supreme Court struck down most of the law as an unconstitutional encroachment on federal power over immigration.
—TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
The majority struck down parts of it, but Scalia had disagreed, saying states should be able to exclude people who are there unlawfully.
—Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
But the Supreme Court struck down the GOP’s efforts and ruled that public tax dollars must be spent only on common, interpreted as public, schools and cannot be diverted to private or charter schools.
—Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2024
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“Strike down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20down. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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