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Wouldn't this also include any form of defense law? Sounds like you wouldn't even be able to represent anyone in court who is being accused of "illegal activity", without losing your loan forgiveness.
This is the point - authoritarian regimes make absurd laws that are vague and impossible to follow, so that prosecution can be fully politically-selective.
They will decide after the fact, without any objective standard, if your legal conduct is "illegal" for loan forgiveness purposes. (Maybe also criminal charges purposes, but I think they're saving that for next year after we all get used to this step.)
Except this isn't even a law.
It wasn't passed or voted on by Congress.
It is a guideline, from the Dept. of Education.
So... yeah that's not a law, and thus... nothing can be said to be 'illegal' when not in compliance with it.
Had we a functioning government and legal system, that was not headed by a Supreme court that lols at the idea that precedent matters... well you could probably argue that this rule is itself illegal, unconstitutional.
But, alas, the law and order President actually just means that the law is whatever he says it is, so... moot point.
He's the law and order president.
The law is whatever he orders it to be.
Yes, loose phrasing on my part. But agree completely.
Well, thats whole thing with laws and lawyers, its a knowledge set and way of thinking that... largely, essentially simply is a highly specialized form of pedantry, lol.
That's exactly the point. It's fucking cruel just like everything else they are doing.