Supreme Court Agrees to Hear TikTok Appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 18 agreed to hear TikTok’s case challenging a law requiring its China-based parent company to divest of the app by Jan. 19, 2025.
The court will hear oral arguments on Jan. 10, 2025.
TikTok had challenged the divestment law as unconstitutional under the First Amendment, and a three-judge panel in federal court had upheld the law earlier this month.
TikTok then appealed to the high court asking for a pause of the Jan. 19 deadline and asking it to treat its petition as one for review.
The Supreme Court wrote on Dec. 18 that it will hear arguments in the case before deciding whether to pause the deadline….