TikTok app displayed on an iPhone. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALMSupreme Indifference? Justices Unfazed By TikTok’s Time Crunch
TikTok, the viral video-sharing app beloved by millions, will soon "go dark” if the Supreme Court does not act soon to block a law requiring it be sold by a Chinese parent company. The justices appeared in no rush to do so Friday.
January 13, 2025 at 07:45 AM
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Welcome to Supreme Court Brief. My name is Jimmy Hoover. I've covered the Supreme Court for the National Law Journal and ALM since April 2023. In this newsletter, I provide the sophisticated SCOTUS watcher with the latest news and analysis from my vantage inside the nation's most powerful courtroom.
The court kicks off its traditional January oral argument session on Monday morning, following Friday's emergency hearing about whether Congress' impending shutdown of TikTok violates the First Amendment.
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