Nearly 1.4 million Texans could be impacted by U.S. Supreme Court decision blocking student loan forgiveness The court ruled in favor of the six GOP-led states that alleged President Joe Biden overstepped his authority with his loan forgiveness plan. BYJUNE 30, 2023UPDATED: 3 PM CENTRAL Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Nearly 1.4 million Texans poised to have some or all their student debt canceled by the federal government will have to continue paying off their loan balances after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan is unconstitutional. A student sits by the Littlefield Fountain at the University of Texas. The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program is unconstitutional, which affects more than 1 million Texans.Leila Saidane/The Texas Tribune M EN U DONATEPaxton ImpeachmentTexas HeatProperty Tax ImpasseAffirmative Action CaseTexas Tribune Festival COPY LINK Tuoqer Ahmed Type your text 3The court handed down opinions in two cases challenging President Joe Biden’s authority to issue his loan forgiveness plan under the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act. In a 6-3 ruling, the court ruled in favor of the six GOP-led states that alleged Biden overstepped his authority as president with his loan forgiveness plan. The court unanimously ruled that the two Texas students who said the federal government did not provide a public comment period for them to register their dissent did not have standing to sue and threw out their case. In Biden v. Nebraska, the court ruled that Biden did not have the authority to issue the forgiveness plan under the HEROES Act, a federal law passed in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that allows the education secretary to change student loan programs for those affected by the attack. In 2003, Congress extended the law so the federal government could provide loan relief to students impacted by war or a national emergency