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Joe Biden in Pennsylvania, Oct. 20

Having it both ways: Biden legal arguments for Title 42, student loans conflict with each other

The solicitor general will be arguing that COVID-19 is — depending on the Biden policy being rationalized — an ongoing public health emergency, yet also an abated public health threat. Supreme Court "could hear COVID is so serious that we need to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to forgive student loans while at the same time COVID is so little an issue that we can let all these unscreened, potentially unvaccinated migrants come through," says immigration expert. In one case, COVID-19 is still a major problem, while in the other, the pandemic is now a non-issue, according to the administration.