People who received loans to study at universities and who currently accumulate thousands of dollars in debt, will not have forgiveness from the federal government because that is what the nine-judge court ordered, six of them conservatives appointed by Republican governments.

Those of this tendency prevailed with the criterion that the Department of Education does not have the power to adopt a program that turns the page on that debt and cancels some 430 billion dollars.

The 6-3 decision on the debt, which will affect some 43 million borrowers, estimated that the Joe Biden administration “exceeded its authority with the plan”.

The Democratic president froze payments during the Covid-19 pandemic, but the pause will end at the end of August, interest will resume as of September 1, and the disbursements of the indebted will begin in October.

Federal government data revealed that more than 90 percent of African-Americans and 72 percent of Latino students leave college with far more debt than white and Asian students.

Sameer Gadkaree, president of the Institute for College Access and Success, warned that the higher education system is financed with debt that exacerbates racial and economic inequalities, rather than helping to reduce them.

The verdict against that program throws the financial future of these people “into uncertainty just as the pandemic payment pause is about to end,” he emphasized in a statement to which Prensa Latina had access.

Policy makers –he stressed– must provide immediate help to those who were counting on this relief.

Discrimination against Lgbtq+ also went up a notch, thanks to the ruling of that same panel that, on Friday, gave rise to the complaint of a Colorado designer who refused to work with or for members of that community.

Unfortunate failure to close June, Pride Month, which here in the capital of the United States found everywhere reasons to remember and celebrate it.

As the American Civil Liberties Union expressed, the highest court’s conclusion “opens the door for any business that claims to provide tailored services to discriminate against historically marginalized groups.”

Likewise, the court ruled against what is known as “affirmative action”, a resource by American universities to select their future students based on racial profiling.

“The hypocrisy is impressive,” said Biden, upset with the decisions, particularly the one related to the forgiveness of student debts.

The current occupant of the Oval Office looks for a plan B, while Donald Trump, his predecessor in office, celebrates.

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