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Justice Thomas wrote of ‘crushing weight’ of student loans

FILE - University of Texas Rio Grande Valley graduates sit socially distanced during their commencement ceremony at the school's parking lot in Edinburg, Texas, May 7, 2021. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, involving President Joe Biden's debt relief plan that would wipe away up to $20,000 in outstanding student loans. (Delcia Lopez/The Monitor via AP, File)

FILE - Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait following the addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Bottom row, from left, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. Top row, from left, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. The Supreme Court won’t have far to look for a personal take on the “crushing weight” of student debt that underlies the Biden administration’s college loan forgiveness plan. A legal challenge has reached the court and arguments are set for Tuesday. Thomas was in his mid-40s and in his third year on the nation's highest court when he paid off the last of his debt from his time at Yale Law School. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - President Joe Biden answers questions with Education Secretary Miguel Cardona as they leave an event about the student debt relief portal beta test in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, Oct. 17, 2022. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, involving President Joe Biden's debt relief plan that would wipe away up to $20,000 in outstanding student loans. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Justice Thomas wrote of ‘crushing weight’ of student loans