John Brown University's Student Newspaper
On Jan.19, the White House formally announced the cancellation of another $5 billion in student loan debt for almost 74,000 Americans. The decision comes months after the Supreme Court struck down Biden’s largest loan forgiveness plan, which would have theoretically erased the debts of more than 20 million people. Even so, the president has managed to cancel a total of $136 billion in student debt since taking office.
On June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court handed down its decision in the landmark abortion case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (No.19-1392, 2022). The decision held that the nearly 50-year precedent, Roe v. Wade 410 U. S. 113(1973), which federally barred states fromregulating abortions before fetal viability, and 30-year precedent, Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey 505 U.S. 833(1992), would both be overturned in full. In effect, the Court ruled that the states (“the people and their elected representatives”) or the federal legislative bodies would be responsible for the regulation or liberalization of their respective abortion laws instead of the Supreme Court.