On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear Nebraska's challenge of President Joe Biden's student debt relief plan which seeks to discharge hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt. This case is paramount to the principle of separation of powers under the Constitution and is a major test of the nation's Founding Fathers' vision.

President Biden's plan has been estimated to blow a hole of $430 billion in the federal budget and Nebraska is concerned about the legitimacy of the unilateral and unconstitutional authority the president's consolidation of power entails.

Thomas Paine famously wrote in 1776 that "no country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power" and the Constitutional safeguard of division of power between three branches of government was instituted as a failsafe against this specter of unfettered authority.

Mike Hilgers, writing for The Wall Street Journal on February 27, 2023, argued that the policy-altering process should be a