The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue decisions this Wednesday, Jan. 15, in pending cases, possibly including the TikTok appeal.
The court placed a terse announcement on its website indicating that “it may announce opinions” on Jan. 15, without providing specifics.
During oral arguments on Jan. 10, Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical of TikTok’s request to halt a federal law requiring indirect owner ByteDance to divest itself of the company by Jan. 19 or cease U.S. operations. The hearing covered two consolidated cases, TikTok Inc. v. Garland and its companion case, Firebaugh v. Garland.
President-elect Donald Trump, who will be inaugurated on Jan. 20 and is himself a social media entrepreneur, also submitted a brief urging the justices to pause the law to allow him to develop a political solution when he returns to the White House….