Inhale and lose your financial aid

On 04/29/2008, the United States Court of Appeals for the 8^th Circuit held that restrictions on student loan eligibility for convictions of a drug crime were not unconstitutional in a challenge brought by Students for Sensible Drug Policy.  The court determined that a Federal Statute that limited eligibility for student loans if a student was convicted of a drug crime did not violate either the 8^th Amendment or the 5^th Amendment to the United State Constitution.  Although the act was passed as part of a drug enforcement policy scheme the 8^th Circuit held that the statute did not amount to the imposition of double jeopardy, but was merely a civil penalty.

 

 

Jeanelle R. Lust

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