President-elect Trump has asked the Supreme Court to extend the deadline for the ban on TikTok, which is scheduled for the day before Inauguration Day.
Court agrees to hear TikTok's challenge to a possible ban on an earlier schedule, but President Trump told the judge If he delays enacting the law until he returns to the White House, the courts may not have to consider it.
D. John Sauer, one of President Trump's personal appellate lawyers, said, “Only President Trump has the impeccable deal-making expertise, electoral authority, and ability to craft resolutions that uphold the platform while addressing national security concerns.” “We have the political will to negotiate a plan.”
Sauer is President Trump's nominee for U.S. attorney general, and he will take over control of the government's defense of the ban from the Biden administration.
“Given these interests, including, most importantly, his paramount responsibility for U.S. national security and foreign policy, President Trump opposes banning TikTok in the United States at this time, and for the time being “We want the ability to solve problems,” Sauer wrote, “and if he becomes president, it will become a political tool.”
During the campaign, Trump voiced opposition to the law, which would require TikTok's China-based parent company to withdraw from the app by January 19 or face a ban, saying, “Save TikTok.'' ” he swore. But the president-elect has provided few details about his plans to secure apps since winning the election.
TikTok has noted the president-elect's sympathies in the legal debate, suggesting the trajectory could change once he takes office.
The new brief repeatedly touts Trump's unique interests, calling him “one of the most powerful, prolific, and influential social media users of all time,” and adding that his social media platform, Truth Social ” is mentioned.
“Indeed, President Trump's first term was marked by a series of policy victories achieved through historic agreements, and he has great prospects for success in this latest national security and foreign policy effort. “Yes,” Sauer wrote.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on TikTok's First Amendment challenge to the new law on January 10, giving the justices a chance to consider the ban before it potentially goes into effect.
President Trump said he does not take a position on First Amendment issues, but that it is a “historically challenging” issue.
