Supreme Court Seems Skeptical of TikTok’s Bid to Overturn Forced Divestiture Law

The high court considered the social media platform’s emergency request to pause a law requiring it to sever Chinese ties.

The Supreme Court in Washington on March 10, 2020. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

U.S. 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.

Their comments came on Jan. 10 in a dramatic legal showdown nine days before the law is scheduled to take effect. Oral arguments took place in TikTok Inc. v. Garland and its companion case, Firebaugh v. Garland.