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Washington (AFP) - If the US Supreme Court had not overruled President Joe Biden's program to cancel billions of dollars in student debt, Satra D. Taylor, who borrowed $40,000 to complete her studies, could have seen that amount reduced by half. Now the 27-year-old -- who used the loan to study at the University of Michigan, supplementing a scholarship and other financial aid -- is back on the hook for the whole sum. "We created this unjust, inequitable, expensive, higher education system and so we need to redress it," she told AFP, standing before the high court. Biden's forgiveness program w......

Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in a challenge to President Joe Biden's plan to erase nearly $400 billion of student debt, with all eyes on how far the conservative-dominated bench is willing to go to override the Democratic leader. The high court's final ruling, expected sometime before June 30, will decide whether millions of Americans will see up to $20,000 of debt disappear, but could also have major implications for presidential actions going forward. Relying on a Covid-related legal justification, Biden announced his student loan forgiveness plan last Augu......