Legal experts differ about how they think the Supreme Court will rule on a federal law requiring Chinese tech company ByteDance to sell TikTok by Jan. 19 or be shut down in the United States.
The court will hear TikTok Inc. v. Garland and its companion case, Firebaugh v. Garland, together on Jan. 10 in a dramatic legal showdown nine days before the “divest-or-ban” law takes effect.
Complicating matters, President-elect Donald Trump, a social media enthusiast, is urging the justices to put the law on hold so he can attempt to fashion a political solution when he returns to the White House in the coming days….