In what might become a building block for a last-minute reprieve, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to take up a case, after ByteDance, the Chinese Communist Party-affiliated owner of social media platform TikTok, asked the high court to make an emergency review of the upcoming law that would ban its website.
As our colleague at sister site Townhall.com, Jeff Charles, wrote earlier:
The Supreme Court announced on Wednesday that it will hear a challenge to a new law that would lead to the banning of video sharing site TikTok.
In the announcement, the Court said it would allocate two hours for oral argument on Friday, January 10, 2025. The ban is set to take effect on January 19, 2025.
TikTok has been seeking out other avenues to stop the implementation of the law and has been unsuccessful up until now.
President-elect Donald Trump also met with the CEO of TikTok on Monday. During his remarks, Trump heaped praise on TikTok for helping him win in November’s presidential election, saying he “[has] a warm spot in [his] heart” for the site:
President-elect Trump on TikTok ban: “We’ll take a look at TikTok. I have a warm spot in my heart for TikTok because I won youth by 34 points.” pic.twitter.com/NNN0edUAqe
— CSPAN (@cspan) December 16, 2024
The move by SCOTUS comes after the law’s passing and being signed into law by President Joe Biden in April, then an appeals court ruled in early December that the social media platform would either need to find a non-Chinese owner within six weeks or end operations.
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You can read the Supreme Court’s full announcement here.
As this is a developing story, RedState will provide updates as they become available.
