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Supreme Court temporarily bars latest Biden student debt relief plan

Supreme Court temporarily bars latest Biden student debt relief plan

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily barred the Biden administration from implementing one of its latest efforts to provide debt relief to Americans with student loans. In a brief unsigned order, the justices declined to allow the Department of Education to put into effect a July 2023 rule, known as the SAVE Plan, intended to provide debt relief for lower-income borrowers while challenges to the rule continue in the lower courts.

There were no dissents recorded from Wednesday’s order, … Read the rest

Supreme Court

Double jeopardy clause bars Georgia from retrying man acquitted by reason of insanity

Double jeopardy clause bars Georgia from retrying man acquitted by reason of insanity

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So what would you expect if a state supreme court wrote an opinion directly inconsistent with “perhaps the most fundamental rule” of the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence in the area, an opinion that would get a failing grade in any law school course on criminal law? Well, your first guess would be that the Supreme Court would unanimously reverse, and if you were bold you’d predict a short opinion assigned because of its triviality to the most junior justice. That … Read the rest

Civil Law

Res Judicata Bars Second Suit in E.D. La., Notwithstanding “New” Claim

Today we ponder “do-overs,” a timely topic as the House of Representatives struggles, over and over, to elect a speaker.  As we write, the seventh unsuccessful vote has just concluded.  We have learned that the record stands at 22 votes before the beleaguered candidate finally prevailed.  This was in 1820, as John W. Taylor, an outspoken abolitionist, ran against a pro-slavery opponent for the seat vacated by Henry Clay, who resigned after shepherding the Missouri Compromise to victory.  All kinds … Read the rest