WASHINGTON, D.C.- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers, who recently testified to the U.S. Supreme Court against the Biden Administration's attempt to wipe out billions in student debt, stated that he was confident in his arguments. Six states, including Nebraska, sued the Biden Administration following his announcement of student debt relief, claiming that the President had exceeded the authority granted to him.

Nebraska Solicitor General Jim Campbell argued during oral arguments as well, claiming that Biden's program was unconstitutional because the executive branch had assumed a power not explicitly granted to it by Congress. Campbell also asserted that states had met the legal threshold to sue by demonstrating the potential damages they would suffer if the courts upheld Biden's loan forgiveness plan.

Hilgers, during a virtual press conference, stated that the state coalition lawsuit had nothing to do with "whether or not discharge is a good idea," but focused on whether Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona had the authority to enact the plan. "Our argument before the Supreme Court was that there was no statutory authorization," said Hilgers, "and that Congress did not permit the secretary to do this really massive action without a vote of Congress."

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