Faith, I could go on, and on, and on about all the reasons why the extremist conservative majority on the Supreme Court made a deeply wrong decision on student debt cancelation. Or I could just quote Justice Elena Kagan's dissent: "In every respect, the Court today exceeds its proper, limited role in our Nation's governance." "The result here is that the Court substitutes itself for Congress and the Executive Branch in making national policy about student-loan forgiveness." "Congress authorized the forgiveness plan (among many other actions); the Secretary put it in place; and the President would have been accountable for its success or failure." "The HEROES Act's text settles the legality of the Secretary's loan forgiveness plan. The statute provides the Secretary with broad authority to give emergency relief to student-loan borrowers…What the Secretary did fits comfortably within that delegation. But the Court forbids him to proceed." It's clear: President Biden was well, well, well within his legal authority. The fact is, the extremists on the Supreme Court had to go out of their way to block student debt cancelation. And they only were able to because a bunch of Republican politicians sued to stop hard-working Americans from getting relief. But there is still a path forward, Faith. On Friday afternoon, President Biden announced a new path to provide student debt relief through the Higher Education Act. He is right to fight back on behalf of working people and the law is on his side. I'm staying in the fight to cancel student debt and fix our broken higher education system. No one should have to get crushed by debt for continuing their education after high school. In town hall after town hall, in selfie line after selfie line, in phone call after phone call, I've heard the stories of people who fought and scraped their way through their educations — because that's what they were told to do their whole lives, to get a ticket to the middle class — only to get weighed down by debt. They whispered in my ear about how they just didn't see a way they'd ever be able to pay it off. They need relief. And I'm going to keep working to ensure people get that relief. Stay tuned for more updates. And please take care of yourself, Faith. Thanks for being a part of this, Elizabeth | 
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