stingy and not letting young people pursue their lives without student loans hanging over them. and he s going to say to republicans, what is your plan for expanding pell grants, what is your plan for lowering the cost of college tuition which is effecting many americans grievously. so i think it is a temporary political ball but i don t think there is a ton of young voters who say i want to vote for donald trump who is a republican and republicans are against this student loan decision or their for the decision but against relieving these student loans. and so i think this will kind of go away politically in the next year. but it is going to be tougher for democrats to get those young voters, because this was one of biden s campaign platforms. it was. it was a signature campaign promise. daniel litman, we ll leave it there. thank you. good to see you. and still ahead, a mission to protect pregnant black women. my report on how dualas are finding them selves on the front lines more
while president biden said only he can stand in their way. here with me now is democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortez. thank you very much for joining me this morning. let s start with the student loan decision. chief justice john robert said the constitution does not allow the president the power to unilaterally forgive student loans. it s up to you in congress to make this kind of sweeping change. early in his presidency, i think you remember even president biden said he doesn t have that authority. what s your response to the court s decision? you know, what the court was also ruling on was with respect to the heroes act, but our response is very strong in that congress has given the president that authority in the higher education in the higher education act. the president very squarely has, as well, using his secretary of education the ability to cancel student loans, but as we ve seen not just in what we saw ruled
phrasing to condemn the rulings and the court itself. calling the student loan decision unthinkable and wrong. but the white house says it was prepared. and think the court misinterpreted the constitution protects the president s last word on the last decision handed down by the supreme court this week. rounding out a trio of six three blows of vita minis ministration. to derail the courts plan to use the 2003 heroes act to wipe out over $430 billion in student loan debt. chief justice roberts cited pass statement by former speaker nancy politically in his majority opinion. people think the majority of the united states has the power for debt forgiveness. he does not. the three democratic when justices came to the plan segments and their descendents. senate majority leader chuck schumer called the court may get captured per click several against that one 100% against it. amazing. campaign rally itself to form of president trump celebrated the court s decision as president bid
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