ATLANTA — Georgia's Attorney General is joining several other states in a lawsuit against the Biden Administration's latest plans to address student loan debt relief.
Attorneys general from Arkansas, Florida, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio and Oklahoma joined AG Chris Carr in the 62-page suit that was filed on Tuesday.
“Despite the Court having already settled this issue, the Biden administration continues to brazenly violate the law,” said Carr.
They believe that the new plan would make more people pay higher taxes. However, the logistics of how the plan will work have not been outlined in Biden's latest plan.
Carr and other attorneys general cited in their lawsuit the monumental Supreme Court strike down of Biden's first plan, which justices determined was unconstitutional.
“Georgia taxpayers have made it clear that they know it’s wrong to be forced to pay off other people’s student loans, particularly those with the highest earning potential. This is election-year politics and an egregious example of federal overreach, and we’re fighting back yet again," Carr said in a news release.
The 62-page suit uses the last Supreme Court as precedent for why his latest plan continues the idea of being "unconstitutional."
It also states how the latest plan hurts the states' abilities to hold public service employees and harms Georgia's revenue.
Latest student loan plan
The latest student loan plan, announced on Monday, seeks to provide relief for over 30 million Americans, according to a news release from the White House.
The plan is expected to be smaller and more targeted than Biden's original plan, which would have canceled up to $20,000 in loans for more than 40 million borrowers. The Education Department plans to issue a formal proposal in the coming months, with plans to start implementing parts of the plan as early as this fall if finalized.
However, Republicans are still looking to block the plan because they believe the debt forgiveness burden will fall on taxpayers.
According to the White House, so far, the Biden Administration has canceled up to $146 billion in student debt relief for 4 million Americans.
In Biden's latest student loan efforts, borrowers must belong to certain categories in order to qualify.
The Administration looks to cancel student debt for borrowers who entered repayment over 20 years ago, those in low-financial-value programs, those experiencing financial hardship, canceling $20,000 in interest for borrowers, and those who are eligible for certain loan forgiveness under SAVE, PSLF and other programs.