The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Feb. 28, 2023, regarding a multistate lawsuit to block the Biden administration’s student loan debt cancellation program. John Patrick Hunt, a law professor at the University of California, Davis, and Celeste K. Carruthers, an economics professor at the University of Tennessee, explain what’s at stake and what clues the court has given as to how it may rule on the matter.
John Patrick Hunt and Celeste K. Carruthers
John Patrick Hunt is a professor of law at the University of California, Davis. Celeste K. Carruthers is a professor of economics at the University of Tennessee.

