When student loan payments resumed in October, an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer proposed a solution to help debtors: Restore bankruptcy rights to student loans. To make his case, the author of the piece spoke to bankruptcy expert Professor Robert Lawless about the history of bankruptcy protection for student loans. Lawless explained that although federal student loans are not currently permitted in bankruptcy filings, legislation that restores these rights would not contravene existing law. 

"Any law passed by both houses of Congress and signed by the president can amend the Bankruptcy Code," said Lawless.

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