Donald Trump is urging the Supreme Court to pause the upcoming TikTookay ban.
A brand new legislation is about to enter impact Jan. 19 — the day earlier than Trump is inaugurated for his second presidency — and it requires TikTookay be bought by its Chinese 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.
In the docs, Trump says he needs “the chance to pursue a political decision of the questions at challenge 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 save lots of the platform whereas addressing the nationwide safety considerations.”
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Of course, Trump is large on utilizing social media — he was tremendous lively on Twitter earlier than beginning his personal Truth Social platform — and has almost 15 million followers on TikTookay. The transient claims Trump “is among 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 considerations the Chinese authorities may affect the corporate and create a nationwide safety concern.
Naturally, TikTookay opposes the ban … the platform says a ban would violate the First Amendment.
It shall be fascinating to see what SCOTUS does right here.