United States: demonstration in front of the Supreme Court to defend the cancellation of student debt

Bernie Sanders participates in a rally demanding student debt relief outside the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. AP - Patrick Semansky

Text by: RFI Follow

2 mins

The Supreme Court of the United States was considering this Tuesday, February 28, the legality of the Biden plan to cancel part of the student debt.

Some of them were before the seat of the highest court in the country, in Washington, to ask for this cancellation.

Advertisement

Read more

With our correspondent in Washington,

They are a good hundred before the highest court of the country to ask for the cancellation of the federal debt of the students.

Because it's a financial drag.

National Director for Youth and Universities for the NAACP, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Wisdom Cole, explains why he's here.

I'm here because I have $30,000 in student debt and I'm trying to get rid of it.

Campaign promises were made that said, “We want the cancellation of student debt in this lifetime.

And so people made sure that these people were elected.

Plans have been put in place and now we want those plans to be implemented.

While inside, the nine justices wonder if the plan adopted by Joe Biden is indeed legal without the approval of Congress, and if the states have the right to challenge it in court, the leaders of the left of the Democratic Party are there.

pic.twitter.com/8rSjToEIvO

— Guillaume Naudin (@gnaudin) February 28, 2023

Vermont senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has a message for the Court that he calls reactionary. 

Listen to the needs of the millions who are struggling.

People who want a middle class life, but are drowning in debt.

Support the Biden proposal!

The Court, with a conservative majority, has already shown that it does not relish unilateral decisions by the executive.

His decision is expected before the end of June.

►Also read United States: conservative states appeal to the Supreme Court against the Biden plan for student debt relief

Newsletter

Receive all the international news directly in your mailbox

I subscribe

Follow all the international news by downloading the RFI application

• UNITED STATES

• Justice

• Education

• Economy

• Social issues

• Company

• Joe Biden