Biden v. Nebraska

Biden v. Nebraska
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 28, 2023 Decided June 30, 2023
Full case name	Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, et al. v. Nebraska, et al.
Docket no.	22-506
Citations	600 U.S. 477 (more) 143 S. Ct. 2355
Argument	Oral argument
Opinion announcement	Opinion announcement
Decision	Opinion
Questions presented
(1) Whether respondents have Article III standing; and (2) Whether the student loan forgiveness plan exceeds the Secretary of Education's statutory authority or is arbitrary and capricious.
Holding
1. At least Missouri has standing to challenge the Secretary’s program. 2. The HEROES Act allows the Secretary to "waive or modify" existing statutory or regulatory provisions applicable to financial assistance programs under the Education Act, but does not allow the Secretary to rewrite that statute to the extent of canceling $430 billion of student loan principal.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Clarence Thomas · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan Neil Gorsuch · Brett Kavanaugh Amy Coney Barrett · Ketanji Brown Jackson
Case opinions
Majority	Roberts, joined by Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett
Concurrence	Barrett
Dissent	Kagan, joined by Sotomayor, Jackson
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. III HEROES Act Administrative Procedure Act

Biden v. Nebraska, 600 U.S. 477 (2023), was a United States Supreme Court case related to the forgiveness of federal student loans by the Biden administration in 2022, challenged by multiple states. The Supreme Court's ruling was issued on June 30, 2023, ruling 6–3 that the Secretary of Education did not have the power to waive student loans under the HEROES Act.

Biden was heard and decided alongside Department of Education v. Brown, 600 U.S. 551 (2023), in which members within the student loan program had brought suit against the debt forgiveness program. This case was vacated on the basis of lack of standing by the student loan members.