The Supreme Court will hear the challenge to President Joe Biden's unilateral decision to discharge hundreds of billions of dollars in student-loan debt this Tuesday. Nebraska has argued that the debt relief plan, which offers up to $20,000 of loan forgiveness per borrower, flouts constitutional law and unfairly pays off college graduates while leaving those who do not attend college forced to pay off their own loans.

During three hours of oral argument, Chief Justice John Roberts posed tough questions about the scope of the plan, noting its hefty $430 billion price tag, and whether or not debt-forgiveness recipients were getting special treatment that those who have already paid off their loans have not benefited from. Justice Samuel Alito echoed Roberts’ doubts about the perceptions of unfairness, and further questioned the Biden administration's claim that the debt cancellation plan was not much different from existing programs.

The bedrock of Biden's argument has