Supreme Court Decision to Block Student Loan Forgiveness Draws Outrage: ‘An Unelected Superlegislature That Can’t Be Checked’

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As justices accept lavish, six-figure gifts, they don’t dare to help Americans saddled with student loan debt, instead siding with the powerful, big-monied interests.Justice Alito accepted tens of thousands of dollars in lavish vacation gifts from a billionaire who lobbied to cancel the student loan forgiveness.After the gifts, Alito voted to overturn.

This SCOTUS’ corruption undercuts its own legitimacy by putting its rulings up for sale.The decision to block Biden’s plan came within minutes of the Supreme Court also ruling in favor of a web designer with anti-LGBT beliefs, saying that the First Amendment protects her right to refuse service to gay people, which prompted even further outrage.“Happy f— the supreme court day to all who celebrate,” one person wrote, posting a screenshot of back-to-back news notifications about the decisions.happy fuck the supreme court day to all who celebrate pic.twitter.com/7I0pxAlgVkTime to email my student loan providers and let them know they can refuse to accept my gay moneyThe Supreme Court decided against gay rights in a case that didn't involve any gay people and against debt forgiveness in a case where the lenders were fine with the issue.

They're not acting like judges, they're acting like an unelected superlegislature that can't be checked.Others pointed out that countless Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans were forgiven, despite the fact that the initiative resulted in widespread fraud.

Billions of dollars went to companies owned by celebrities, as well as companies that were doing just fine during COVID, even though it was designed to help small businesses.“Every single congressperson who received forgiveness on their PPP loans and opposed student loan forgiveness should.