The Supreme Court upheld a law on Wednesday forcing TikTok’s Chinese owners to divest from the app or face a ban, paving the way for the app to shut down on Jan. 19
The D.C. Circuit previously upheld the law in December, finding Tiktok posed a threat to national security. TikTok shortly after asked the Supreme Court to block it from taking effect.
The company argued the law would “shutter one of America’s most popular speech platforms the day before a presidential inauguration.” In an amicus brief, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell argued the First Amendment “does not apply to a corporate agent of the Chinese Communist Party.”
The justices heard oral arguments on Jan. 10.
Trump also filed a brief urging the court to block the law, explaining he is “the right constitutional actor to resolve the dispute through political means” once he takes office.
President Joe Biden signed the law in April.
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