Donald Trump is urging the Supreme Courtroom to pause the upcoming TikTok ban.
A brand new legislation is ready to enter impact Jan. 19 — the day earlier than Trump is inaugurated for his second presidency — and it requires TikTok be bought by its Chinese language mum or dad firm or be shut down.
Trump’s lawyer, John Sauer, filed a quick Friday saying DJT requests SCOTUS think about delaying the upcoming change … a minimum of till Trump is in workplace.
Within the docs, Trump says he desires “the chance to pursue a political decision of the questions at subject within the case.”
Trump says he is a consummate deal-maker with the experience wanted to repair the issue … and he says he has “the electoral mandate and the political will to barter a decision to avoid wasting the platform whereas addressing the nationwide safety issues.”
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In fact, Trump is massive on utilizing social media — he was once tremendous energetic on Twitter earlier than beginning his personal Reality Social platform — and has almost 15 million followers on TikTok. The transient claims Trump “is likely one of the strongest, prolific and influential customers of social media in historical past.”
In separate briefs filed Friday, the federal government defended the brand new legislation … citing issues the Chinese language authorities may affect the corporate and create a nationwide safety concern.
Naturally, TikTok opposes the ban … the platform says a ban would violate the First Modification.
Will probably be fascinating to see what SCOTUS does right here.
