Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch expressed concerns Friday that the divest-or-ban law targeting TikTok might not “achieve its goals.” Gorsuch warned that foreign adversaries could ultimately turn to another application for surveillance of U.
US Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch called on Congress or the judiciary’s committee responsible for drafting rules for federal courts to address the government’s use of classified evidence that’s shielded from litigants.
Even the motivations behind Barrett's rushed nomination were called into question, painting her as the vessel through which Republicans would finally be able to overturn the Affordable Care Act due to a case arriving at the court about the same time as she did in October 2020.
President-elect Donald Trump told ABC News in an interview Saturday he is likely to grant TikTok a 90-day extension to avoid a ban in the United States.
The Supreme Court in its ruling held that the risk to national security posed by TikTok’s ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app or its 170 million U.S. users.
TikTok is reportedly prepared to shut down its app on Sunday, when the ban is scheduled to take effect, though the actual language of the law technically only mandates that the social media platform be taken off of app stores to prevent new users from downloading it.
Justice Neil Gorsuch detailed his reasoning in his Supreme Court opinion for voting to uphold the TikTok ban in the U.S. This comes days before President-elect Donald Trump takes the White House for his second term.
The Supreme Court upheld a US law that bans TikTok on Jan. 19 unless it is sold to an owner not controlled by a foreign adversary, a ruling that creates new uncertainty for a social-media app used by 170 million Americans.
The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company,
The high court was highly skeptical that the difference between false and misleading would overturn a Chicago man’s conviction, but some of the justices seemed open to allowing the opportunity.
The US Supreme Court has upheld the law mandating China-based ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok by Sunday, or face an effective ban.