Carl Nichols testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing to be U.S. district judge for the District of Columbia on Aug. 22, 2018. Credit: Diego M. Radzinschi/NLJ In 11th Hour, Why a DC Judge Sided With TikTok Against Trump
In an 18-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols found that TikTok, represented by a team from Covington & Burling, was likely to prevail in arguing that the Trump administration had overstepped in pushing to prevent future downloads of the app.
September 28, 2020 at 03:16 PM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
In blocking the Trump administration's move to shut TikTok out of U.S. app stores, a federal judge in Washington rejected a broad assertion of presidential power by the U.S. Justice Department while acknowledging the potential national security risks posed by the wildly popular Chinese-owned video app.
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