The Supreme Court will hear more than two hours of arguments over whether a ban on the platform, approved in April with bipartisan support, can be squared with the First Amendment. The Supreme Court has a long history of deferring to the other branches when questions of national security come up. But TikTok backers say the Biden administration, in defending the ban enacted by Congress, hasn’t provided concrete proof of Chinese abuse. The Supreme Court normally wouldn’t entertain such a request from someone who isn’t a party in the case. Now stream thisAs an institution wed to tradition, the Supreme Court has a reputation of rebuffing technology – at least in its own practices, if not its rulings.

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Persons: Elena Kagan, ” Kagan, Biden, TikTok, ”, Jamil Jaffer, Jaffer, Republican Tennessee Sen, Bob Corker, hasn’t, David Greene, Justice Barrett, Amy Coney Barrett, Donald Trump, Barrett, ” Barrett, “, Barrett’s, Gus Hurwitz, Jameel Jaffer, ” Trump, Trump, doesn’t, it’s, Sonia Sotomayor, Kagan Organizations: Washington CNN, White House, Senate Foreign Relations, National Security Institute, George Mason University, CNN, Republican Tennessee, Supreme Court, Congress, DC Circuit, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Penn Carey Law School, Columbia University, “, Government Locations: China, Texas, Florida, Canada