Here is what Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Kentanji Brown Jackson and Chief Justice John Roberts said about TikTok's Chinese parent company.
In an unanimous ruling handed down on Friday morning, January 17 in TikTok v. Merrick B. Garland, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a TikTok ban that is scheduled to go into effect on Sunday, January 19 unless ByteDance — the video sharing platform's owner in Mainland China — divests itself.
The first, Noel J. Francisco, who represents ByteDance, is a prominent conservative litigator who is now a partner at the Jones Day law firm. A graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, Mr. Francisco clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia and served in the White House and the Justice Department in the George W. Bush administration.
Noel Francisco, representing TikTok and ByteDance, argued that Supreme Court endorsement of this law could enable statutes targeting other companies on similar grounds. "AMC movie theaters used ...
TikTok's attorney's on Friday reiterated the popular app will shut down, rather than make a last-minute deal to keep it active in the U.S.
The Supreme Court seems skeptical of the Chinese-owned platform’s First Amendment claim.
ByteDance has said it won’t sell the short-form video platform, and TikTok’s attorney Noel Francisco stated a sale might never be possible under the conditions set in the law. Francisco urged the justices to enter a temporary pause that would allow ...
“The government’s real target, rather, is the speech itself,” said attorney Noel Francisco ... Thomas first asked Francisco. “You’re converting the restriction on ByteDance’s ownership ...
The Supreme Court is hearing an appeal against a law that bans the video-sharing app in the country unless it is sold.
Noel Francisco, who represents TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, and served as Trump's solicitor general during his first term, began the arguments by stating that the ban singles out TikTok and its parent company for "uniquely harsh ...
Noel Francisco, who is arguing on behalf of the ... asking why a restriction on ByteDance, which is headquartered in Beijing, is a restriction on TikTok. "You're converting the restriction on ...
The Supreme Court upheld a law that would effectively ban TikTok in the United States. Here's what to know about the potential ban.