The U.S. Department of Justice responded on Friday (January 3), urging the Supreme Court to reject President-elect Donald Trump’s request to delay the implementation of legislation that would force TikTok’s Chinese parent company to sell the app or face a ban in the United States as of January 19 day.
this Protecting Americans from Applications Controlled by Foreign Adversaries Act Gained bipartisan support in Congress and signed into law by the President Joe Biden April 2024. Byte bounce must sell Tik Tok Transferred to a U.S. company for continued operations in the United States.
obtained in a new document nbc newsthe lawyer is Ministry of Justice responded to ByteDance’s First Amendment challenge, stating that “the bill does not require enhanced First Amendment scrutiny because it does not impose any identifiable First Amendment rights on ByteDance, its U.S. subsidiaries, or TikTok users.” Case rights create burdens.
This document was made in response to a request Donald Trump‘s legal team, consisting of D. John Saulasked the Supreme Court to extend the deadline beyond January 19 to achieve a potential “political solution.”
However, the Justice Department argued that the delay would amount to a temporary injunction that would require ByteDance to demonstrate a likelihood of success in its case, a threshold the department claims has not yet been met. nbc reported.
“This bill does not require heightened First Amendment scrutiny because it does not burden any identifiable First Amendment rights of ByteDance, its U.S. subsidiaries, or TikTok users.”
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TikTok has appealed to the Supreme Court to temporarily halt the law, citing the First Amendment and arguing that “Congress imposed massive and unprecedented speech restrictions on the app.”
The timing of the ban is particularly important because it will take effect the day before Trump takes office.
Saul, who is also Trump’s pick for U.S. deputy attorney general, earlier wrote that “President Trump takes no position on the underlying issues in this dispute. Instead, he respectfully asks the court to consider delaying the divestment deadline under the Act.” January 19, 2025, while considering the merits of the case.
However, Trump’s public statements on TruthSocial opposed the ban. He recently shared an image claiming that his TikTok account’s viewership exceeded that of various public figures and media outlets, however nbc news Note that these statistics have not been independently verified.
The Supreme Court has scheduled arguments for January 10, just nine days before the potential ban takes effect. The case centers on ByteDance’s lawsuit challenging the law on First Amendment grounds, arguing it infringes on free speech rights.
nbc The report cited Justice Department documents saying the department insisted the legislation specifically targeted control of foreign adversaries and not the content of speech.
“The bill does not require enhanced First Amendment scrutiny because it does not impose any identifiable First Amendment rights on ByteDance, its U.S. subsidiaries, or TikTok users,” attorneys for the department wrote in documents cited in the filing. First Amendment rights create burdens. NBC.
“This bill meets any level of First Amendment scrutiny, and this court should uphold it,” they reportedly said.
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