Presidential Power, Standing, and Student Loan Forgiveness
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Missouri Sues Mohela to Sue the State of Missouri
Jeffrey Toobin: I think very strict standing doctrines prevent plaintiffs from going to court and making worthy constitutional claims. There's a lot of gamesmanship that goes on in terms of crafting the statute so that nobody can challenge it, he says. Toobin: The argument for the states is first that mohela, this is that nonprofit loan servicer created by the state of Missouri to service a student loans. And basically Missouri argues that it has standing to sue on behalf of mohela because mohela is going to lose about 40% of its revenue or somewhere thereabouts.
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