The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to pause its review of former president Joe Biden’s borrower-defense regulations, court filings show.
If it took effect, the regulation—which was finalized in October 2022—would forgive the student loans of borrowers who were scammed by their university. However, the policy has been caught up in courts for more than two years.
The Supreme Court said earlier this month that it would consider a lawsuit challenging the regulations. The first round of briefs was due next month. But Trump is asking the justices to hold off as his agencies reassess the scenario, a signal that the new administration could take a different approach to the student loan program.
“After the change in Administration, the Acting Secretary of Education has determined that the Department should reassess the basis for and soundness of the Department’s borrower-defense regulations,” acting solicitor general Sarah M. Harris wrote in the court filing.
The motion was one of four submitted to the nation’s highest court on Friday. The other cases involve environmental regulations. None of the four cases that the government seeks to put on hold have been scheduled for oral arguments.