Supreme Court Striking Down Student Loans Gives Biden Lifeline

President Joe Biden has been dogged by controversy since wading into the complicated politics of student debt forgiveness early in his term, occasionally forcing members of his own party to run away from him in order to keep their seats.

The U.S. Supreme Court, however, might have just given him an easy out.

On Friday, the conservative-majority court voted 6-3 to overturn his administration's student loan debt cancellation plan, effectively bringing the COVID-era relief program to a close. But it also gives Biden a scapegoat to lean in to following...