There are several laws and constitutional restrictions that prevent the president from doing whatever the fuck he wants.
Under what coherent legal theory is Biden not allowed to cancel student debt obligations to the federal government, but Trump is allowed to cancel government grants explicitly required by law?
1) The student loans are specifically for provided by a detailed statutory scheme.
2) The grants are being made out under general delegations of authority and budgeting power, and are not “explicitly required by law.”
To my knowledge, Congress has not specifically appropriated hundreds of millions of dollars e.g. to Catholic refugee resettlement charities. Those grants are being made under discretionary agency action. Correct me if I’m wrong.
SCOTUS overturned Biden's loan forgiveness on the basis that the "general delegation of authority and budgeting power" given to him by statute wasn't sufficiently clear to let him do so, and so the Major Questions doctrine kicks in.
And the stuff being paused that's statutorily authorized is USAID--Trump is attempting to unilaterally dismantle an executive agency.
Under what coherent legal theory is Biden not allowed to cancel student debt obligations to the federal government, but Trump is allowed to cancel government grants explicitly required by law?