Biden administration lawyer may have saved student loan forgiveness plan at Supreme Court, experts say

Well, that is quite a change from earlier reporting on this!

• •Experts have predicted the Supreme Court would rule against President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan, but some changed their minds after oral arguments, praising the lawyer who presented the administration's case.
• •Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar's "preparation, poise and power were impressive," said higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz.

The government's top Supreme Courtlawyer may have saved President Joe Biden's $400 billion student loan forgiveness plan from what experts considered all but certain defeat.

Experts lobbed praise on Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, the lawyer who represented the Biden administration in front of the nine justices Tuesday.

"The Biden administration now seems more likely than not to win the cases," said higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz.

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In contrast, the attorneys for plaintiffs opposed to the program were less than stellar, Kantrowitz said. "It was like the difference between a star quarterback and two tiddlywinks players," he said.

University of Illinois Chicago law professor Steven Schwinn agreed: "Prelogar knocked it out of the park."

"I do think she could have influenced or even changed the thinking of two justices, maybe more," he added.

On Wednesday, Fordham law professor Jed Shugerman tweeted that he remains "struck by SG Elizabeth Prelogar's brilliant performance."

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"She may have snatched victory from the jaws of defeat," Shugerman wrote.