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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 111 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’m sick of federal judges blocking everything. This was their deliberate decades long plan to control everything without voter consent. See Master Plan podcast. We’re fucked.

[–] bluemellophone@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago

If Trump wins a second term, you’ll be saying the exact opposite.

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 100 points 2 months ago (4 children)

How is it Legal for a Judge to Block an OFFICIAL ACT?

It's not an official act because it came from a Democrat

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As long as they are not illegal. If their are illegal they're just fine.

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Then Biden needs to do a illegal loan forgiveness and forgive federal and private loans without consent. Just declare student loans are illegal.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 months ago

He doesn’t have to declare anything. It just has to be an official duty, have Seal Team 6 deliver the loan forgiveness letters in bulk. Since the Department of Education is under the executive branch, do it’s fine according to the morons on the Supreme Court.

[–] cdf12345@lemm.ee 19 points 2 months ago

I mean couldn’t the president just have the Supreme Court executed as an official act now and have immunity?

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Well now he can just do it and call it an official act.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 66 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just. Zero. The. Interest.

Stop with all these convoluted piecemeal plans. Just get someone like Fannie Mae to buy up all the loans made before 2014, and then zero out the interest on remaining payments.

[–] Ranvier@sopuli.xyz 50 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately the interest rate is specifically set by law and tied to 10 year treasury bill rates. This cannot be altered with an executive action, would need congress to change the law.

https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/loans/interest-rates#who-sets

That's why the executive orders are focused on things like minimum payments, how long it takes to get forgiveness, who qualifies, etc, because the laws give the department of education more latitude to adjust those things (or are supposed to at least, weird rulings from republican judges notwithstanding).

[–] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

We have 0% interest in Canada, but the way people tell it our Liberals and Trudeau specifically has never done anything good for anyone.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 45 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Heave, ho
All together
Hoist the colors high

Seriously, fuck these fucks.
We're gonna have to band together just to get some fucken civil services around here.

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

...never shall we die?

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

As it always has been

[–] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

i don't understand why they get to be in power. People could just vote 'no' if they won't want it

[–] Kalysta@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

Wish he would say “fuck it jack!” And just forgive all student debt. No means testing, just all gone.

He can legally do that. And if the judges say boo about it he can grow a pair and tell them to try and enforce it. He controls the DOJ.

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