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Justice Department urges Supreme Court not to delay law banning TikTok

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Newest development Jan 4, 2025 · 2 reportsDOJ calls on Supreme Court to deny Trump’s request to delay TikTok ban

The U.S. Justice Department is petitioning the Supreme Court not to entertain President-elect Donald Trump's attempts to influence the court's decision related to a law that would ban TikTok in just over two weeks.

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    Justice Department urges Supreme Court not to delay law banning TikTok

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    DOJ calls on Supreme Court to deny Trump’s request to delay TikTok ban

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  1. CBS News

    Trump opposes TikTok ban, asks Supreme Court for time to resolve via negotiations (opens CBS News)

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    The Supreme Court will hear arguments Jan. 10 in TikTok's challenge of a law that could lead to a ban of the widely popular platform.

  2. Courthouse News Service

    Pushing TikTok deal, Trump opposes ban at SCOTUS (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    TikTok, Donald Trump, the Biden administration and a slew of advocacy groups have all taken sides in a legal battle over the future of the popular social media app.

  3. NPR

    Trump asks the Supreme Court to pause TikTok ban, set to go into effect in January (opens NPR)

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    President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to delay a law banning TikTok next month. It comes just weeks before TikTok and the Department of Justice are set to argue in front of the high court. The case is over whether the ban law is Constitutional.

  4. Variety

    Trump Urges Supreme Court to Halt TikTok Ban While His Administration Works Out a ‘Negotiated Resolution’ (opens Variety)

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    Donald Trump believes he can cut a deal that would keep TikTok legal while addressing the U.S. government's national security concerns.

  5. 12News Phoenix

    Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban so he can weigh in after he takes office (opens 12News Phoenix)

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    The brief said Trump opposes banning TikTok at this junction and "seeks the ability to resolve the issues at hand through political means once he takes office."

  6. The Hill

    Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban so he can ‘negotiate a resolution to save the platform’ (opens The Hill)

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    President-elect Trump asked the Supreme Court to delay the deadline for a potential TikTok ban, which is slated for the day before his inauguration. The court has agreed to hear TikTok’s challenge to the potential ban on an expedited schedule, but Trump told the justices that delaying the law until …

  7. Fox10 Phoenix

    Trump urges Supreme Court to delay TikTok decision until he takes office (opens Fox10 Phoenix)

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    What to know about Trump's request to pause TikTok restrictions as he claims he should handle the platform's fate after taking office in 2025.

  8. KTVZ Bend

    Trump asks Supreme Court to pause TikTok ban, while Biden admin says app poses ‘grave’ threat (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    CNN By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court to pause a controversial ban on TikTok that is set to take effect next month, telling the justices in a legal filing Friday that a delay would allow his administration to “pursue a negotiated resolution.

  9. Rolling Stone

    Trump Pleads With Supreme Court to Let Him 'Save' TikTok (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Donald Trump, who signed an executive order in 2020 that threatened to ban the use of TikTok, urged the Supreme Court to let him "save" the platform.

  10. Townhall

    Trump Asks Supreme Court to Delay TikTok Ban (opens Townhall)

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    The request came as TikTok and the Biden Administration filed opposing briefs to the court.

  11. Voice of America

    Trump asks court to delay possible TikTok ban until he can weigh in as president (opens Voice of America)

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    The filings come ahead of oral arguments scheduled for January 10 on whether the law, which requires TikTok to divest from its China-based parent company or face a ban, unlawfully restricts speech in violation of the First Amendment

  12. The Hill

    Lawmakers, former officials weigh in on TikTok ban as case heads to Supreme Court (opens The Hill)

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    Top lawmakers, First Amendment advocacy groups and President-elect Trump weighed in Friday on a law that could ban TikTok in the U.S., as the Supreme Court prepares to take up the case. The court agreed last week to hear TikTok’s challenge to the law, which requires its China-based parent company By…

  13. The Hollywood Reporter

    Trump Moves to Pause TikTok Ban Law in Filing Signaling Support for Platform (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    The filing suggests that Trump may believe that the law infringes on the First Amendment rights of TikTok and its 170 million users.

  14. Deutsche Welle

    Trump asks Supreme Court to delay law that could ban TikTok – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    The law requires China's ByteDance to sell TikTok to an American company or face a ban. Donald Trump's legal team has asked the court to allow the incoming administration the time "to pursue a political resolution."

  15. The Guardian

    Trump asks US supreme court to pause ban-or-divest law for TikTok (opens The Guardian)

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    Court will hear arguments in case that could see app banned in US if not sold to American firm by 19 January

  16. Engadget

    Donald Trump asks the Supreme Court to delay the TikTok ban (opens Engadget)

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    President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to push back the January 19 ban on TikTok.

  17. KTVZ Bend

    Trump urges Supreme Court to hit pause on a law that could ban TikTok in the U.S. next month (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Daniel Barnes and Raquel Coronell Uribe President-elect Donald Trump on Friday asked the Supreme Court to pause implementation of a law that would ban TikTok in the U.S. on Jan. 19 if the app is not sold by its Chinese parent company. The court is due to hear arguments in the case on Jan. 10.

  18. Legal Insurrection

    Trump Wants Supreme Court to Stay the TikTok Ruling (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    "Instead, he urges the Court to stay the statute’s effective date to allow his incoming Administration to pursue a negotiated resolution that could prevent a nationwide shutdown of TikTok, thus preserving the First Amendment rights of tens of millions of Americans, while also addressing the governme…

  19. Gizmodo

    Trump's Former FCC Head Ajit Pai Asks Supreme Court to Uphold TikTok Ban (opens Gizmodo)

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    Gizmodo's feed description

    Trump's former FCC head is breaking from the president-elect on this issue.

  20. Forbes

    Can Trump Save TikTok? (opens Forbes)

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    President-elect Donald Trump has urged the Supreme Court to postpone the impending TikTok ban, which is set to take effect on January 19, 2025.

  21. NBC News

    Justice Department urges Supreme Court to reject Trump’s push to pause TikTok ban (opens NBC News)

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    The Justice Department on Friday urged the Supreme Court to reject President-elect Donald Trump’s request to delay the implementation of a law that would effectively ban TikTok in the U.S. or force its sale by its Chinese parent company by Jan. 19.

  22. Washington Examiner

    Garland bites back at Trump’s request to delay TikTok ban (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Attorney General Merrick Garland cited that the platform is a threat to national security because of its close ties to China.

  23. The Hill

    DOJ calls on Supreme Court to deny Trump’s request to delay TikTok ban (opens The Hill)

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    The Justice Department urged the Supreme Court on Friday to deny President-elect Trump’s request to postpone their ruling on a TikTok ban set to be implemented the day before his inauguration. Attorney General Merrick Garland supported claims that the platform, owned and operated by Chinese-owned co…

  24. UPI

    Justice Department urges Supreme Court not to delay law banning TikTok (opens UPI)

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    The U.S. Justice Department is petitioning the Supreme Court not to entertain President-elect Donald Trump's attempts to influence the court's decision related to a law that would ban TikTok in just over two weeks.

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