A federal appeals court has issued an order that blocks all remaining parts of the federal government’s Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) student debt relief plan that weren’t blocked by an earlier lower-court ruling.
In a brief unsigned order entered into the record on July 18, the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request by a coalition of seven Republican-led states led by Missouri to block all remaining active parts of the Education Department’s SAVE plan, which aims to lower student loan payments and forgive debts.
Last month, U.S. District Judge John Ross in St. Louis blocked the Education Department from granting any further loan forgiveness under the SAVE plan but declined to block all of the program….