A pair of federal judges on Tuesday struck down a Trump administration rule that would have denied student loan forgiveness to public service workers employed by activist organisations accused of pursuing an “illegal purpose.”
The judges ruled on June 30 in separate cases brought by advocates who argued that the changes risked turning the program into “a way of silencing local governments and nonprofit organizations that do work that goes against the administration’s political agenda.”
U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in Massachusetts vacated the Department of Education’s changes, saying it threatened a “substantial amount of protected speech.”
The decision came in response to two lawsuits filed by a coalition of 22 states and the District of Columbia, led by the National Council of Nonprofits….
Federal Judges Strike Down Loan Forgiveness Limits for Workers at Activist Groups
