student loan borrowers with annual incomes of less than $125,000 would qualify for $10,000 in loan forgiveness
, political speculators, legal scholars, and politicians have raised questions and cast doubts on the legality of the forgiveness program., enacted in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks. According to asent to Education Secretary Miguel A. Cardona from the Department of Education General Counsel, the HEROES Act gives the Secretary of Education “broad authority to grant relief from student loan requirements during specific periods .
Critiques of the loan forgiveness program have come from outlets across the spectrum, but most frequently from right rated and center rated sources. Apart from criticizing the economic and political impacts of student loan forgiveness, opponents of the program have questioned the authority of the President to grant this forgiveness without congressional approval
. Many have deemed the decision a misinterpretation and overreach of the power vested in the HEROES Act, with