Media Wire Express Correspondent
US president-elect Donald Trump has submitted an amicus brief to the US Supreme Court on Friday regarding TikTok’s legal case, urging the justices to temporarily halt a law that mandates the popular app’s ban by January 19 unless it is sold to a non-Chinese buyer.
Earlier that day, TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese tech giant ByteDance, also filed a brief with the Supreme Court, asserting that the law is unconstitutional and should be overturned.
According to Trump’s submission, he “takes no position on the underlying merits of this dispute.” Instead, he respectfully requests that the court consider delaying the act’s divestment deadline of January 19, 2025, while it reviews the merits of the case.
Trump’s brief says he “opposes banning TikTok in the United States at this juncture,” but does not express the view that the law requiring the sale violates the First Amendment, saying he takes no position on the merits of the case.
Instead, the filing from Sauer asks the court to put the deadline on pause to allow Trump’s 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 government’s national security concerns.”
