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President-elect Trump says he must be the only to produce the verdict on whether or not TikTok can proceed working in the US because of the original nationwide safety and First Modification problems raised via this situation, he mentioned in an amicus transient Friday.
Trump’s argument is available in an amicus transient “supporting neither party,” filed Friday, weeks sooner than the Splendid Court docket is anticipated to listen to oral arguments on Jan. 10, 2025 at the regulation that calls for a divestment of TikTok from overseas adversary keep an eye on.
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“Today, President Donald J. Trump has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court asking the Court to extend the deadline that would cause TikTok’s imminent shutdown, and allow President Trump the opportunity to resolve the issue in a way that saves TikTok and preserves American national security once he resumes office as President of the United States on January 20, 2025,” Trump spokesman and incoming White Space Communications Director Steven Cheung informed Fox Information Virtual.
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at AmericaFest, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photograph/Rick Scuteri)
“President Donald J. Trump (“President Trump”) is the 45th and soon to be the 47th President of the United States of America,” the transient states. “On January 20, 2025, President Trump will assume responsibility for the United States’ national security, foreign policy, and other vital executive functions.”
Trump argues that “this case presents an unprecedented, novel, and difficult tension between free-speech rights on one side, and foreign policy and national-security concerns on the other.” “As the incoming Chief Executive, President Trump has a particularly powerful interest in and responsibility for those national-security and foreign-policy questions, and he is the right constitutional actor to resolve the dispute through political means.
President Trump also has a unique interest in the First Amendment issues raised in this case,” the transient states. “Through his historic victory on November 5, 2024, President Trump received a powerful electoral mandate from American voters to protect the free-speech rights of all Americans—including the 170 million Americans who use TikTok.”
“President Trump is uniquely situated to vindicate these interests, because ‘the President and the Vice President of the United States are the only elected officials who represent all the voters in the Nation,’” the transient continues.
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