Because it helps Black Americans, conservative Wisconsin group sues over student loan forgiveness

After years of pushing lawmakers to consider student loan debt forgiveness, President Joe Biden was the one who stepped up and did the damn thing. It may not have been all the forgiveness everyone wanted or hoped for, but most agree it is enough to make a difference in the lives of millions of Americans. Now, a conservative group in Wisconsin has filed a lawsuit against Biden, claiming that his plan to cancel up to $20,000 violates federal law because it favors Black borrowers.

The suit was filed Tuesday by the conservative legal group Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty on behalf of the Brown County Taxpayers Association, The Washington Post reports. The complaint argues that because the White House has said that the “One-Time Student Debt Relief Plan” is “likely to help narrow the racial wealth gap,” it possesses an “improper racially discriminatory motive” and, therefore, violates the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing equal protection under the law.

The Wisconsin group is not alone in suing Biden; six other states have done the same—Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Carolina—and there’s also a suit from Arizona's attorney general. But the Wisconsin complaint is the only one to openly pull the race card.

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