east coast. we are expecting president biden to address the supreme court 6-3 ruling blocking his student loan handout plan. that ruling already reigniting calls from the left to change the highest court in the nation, shannon bream will join us on that. welcome back as america reports heads into a second hour, i m sandra smith in new york. mike, great to have you here today. mike: sandra, great to be working with you. i m in for john roberts. the president s plan would have wiped out up to $20,000 in loans per person, but a lawsuit from six states and two individuals said the president does not have that authority and the court s majority agreed. that leaves about 40 million americans in limbo. one student loan borrower disappointed with the decision weighed in last hour addressing why he thinks the plan was fair. as someone who graduates in 2024, i m expecting to enter a very competitive job market looking for an entry level position. that s ultimately not going to pa
nebraska attorney general job description, it s hard to say this is fair when 80% of the country do not have student loans, either by choice or because they paid them off and hard to say it would be fair for a blue collar worker or hotel service worker in las vegas to pay for an attorney s education. so an element of fairness but ultimately it s for congress to decide and that s what the constitution says. sandra: why did you call it a power grab on the part of the president. we are about to hear from him in a short time from the white house. article 1, section 9, congress has the power to spend money. not the president. the president tried to spend $500 billion, attempted power grab, and we are grateful the supreme court put a stop to that attempt. sandra: we will continue to watch. there is reaction pouring into all of this. mr. attorney general, we
live comfortably. i think that families that were able to save enough so their children didn t have mounting student loans after college are reaping the benefits in that their children are able to get the jobs they want to get without being limited on social mobility. sandra: some on the left are pushing to do more and act. he is going to speak to that. mike hillgers, the attorney general of nebraska, and you penned an op-ed about the power grab, you say, why do you take issue with this? thanks for having me today. it s an important day for america, two reasons. one is the president tried to spend an enormous amount of money, $500 billion is no small thing. secondly, i think more fundamentally, he tried to do it the wrong way. for 250 years in america we have said under the constitution that congress has the ability to spend money, congress only the ability to spend money.
mike: this week the attorney general of nebraska and colleagues from texas and south carolina sent a letter to health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius threatening to take legal action against the administration contraceptive mandate. attorney general john bruning joins me from nebraska. great to have you here. why have you and your colleagues threatened to sue the obama administration. what is the legal basis for the potential lawsuit? well, it it is a war on religion. this is a violation of the first amendment. freedom of religion is what this country was based upon. you had people that came over on boats all the way from england to worship freely and now you have a federal government trying to tell people they have to violate their conscience when they provide insurance. this is very problematic. we will sue. nothing has changed in this
mike: this week the attorney general of nebraska and colleagues from texas and south carolina sent a letter to health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius threatening to take legal action against the administration contraceptive mandate. attorney general john bruning joins me from nebraska. great to have you here. why have you and your colleagues threatened to sue the obama administration. what is the legal basis for the potential lawsuit? well, it it is a war on religion. this is a violation of the first amendment. freedom of religion is what this country was based upon. you had people that came over on boats all the way from england to worship freely and now you have a federal government trying to tell people they have to violate their conscience when they provide insurance. this is very problematic. we will sue.