Seven Republican attorneys general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Joe Bidens administration over a new student loan forgiveness plan rolled out this week.BidenannouncedMonday that he was rolling out the plan‚ which would cancel a minimum of $5‚000 for over 10 million Americans with student loans‚ despite the Supreme Courtstrikingdown Bidens previous initiative in June 2023. Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey of Missouri filed alawsuitalongside Arkansas‚ Florida‚ Georgia‚ North Dakota‚ Ohio and Oklahoma‚ arguing that the presidents plan was unconstitutional and illegal.With the stroke of his pen‚ Joe Biden is attempting to saddle working Missourians with a half trillion dollars in college debt. The United States Constitution makes clear that the President lacks the authority to unilaterally cancel student loan debt for millions of Americans without express permission from Congress‚ Bailey said in apress release. The President does not get to thwart the Constitution when it suits his political agenda. Im filing suit to halt his brazen attempt to curry favor with some citizens by forcing others to shoulder their debts. The Constitution will continue to mean something as long as Im Attorney General.The Constitution is clear: Congress has the power of the purse‚ not the President. Joe Biden cannot unilaterally cancel hundreds of millions of dollars in student loan debt and force everyday Americans to pick up the tab. Attorney General Andrew Bailey (@AGAndrewBailey) April 9‚ 2024The presidents newplanfocuses on low-and-middle income Americans and those who attended a low-financial-value institution‚ who will now be able to enroll in an income-driven repayment plan. The plan has beencriticizedfor ignoring the Supreme Courts 2023 decision that struck down the presidents unilateral forgiveness of student debt through the Department of Educations emergency authority.The lawsuit‚ citing the Supreme Court ruling‚ argues that Biden and his administration are attempting to sidestep the Constitution and impose drastic‚ costly policy changes on the American people without their consent.Yet again‚ the President is unilaterally trying to impose an extraordinarily expensive and controversial policy that he could not get through Congress‚ the lawsuit reads.The presidentannouncedin March that he was canceling almost $6 billion in student loan debt for teachers‚ nurses and firefighters‚ among others through Public Service Loan Forgiveness. The administration hascanceledstudent debt for roughly four million Americans to the tune of $146 billion through executive actions.The White House and the Department of Education did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundations request for comment.Originally published by The Daily Caller News Foundation.The post Red State AGs Sue Biden Administration Over New Student Loan Forgiveness Plan appeared first on The Daily Signal.