{"id":2382972,"date":"2024-12-23T09:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T14:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-group-urges-supreme-court-to-uphold-tiktok-ban\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T09:16:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T14:16:22","slug":"pence-group-urges-supreme-court-to-uphold-tiktok-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-group-urges-supreme-court-to-uphold-tiktok-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Pence group urges Supreme Court to uphold TikTok ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpence-group-urges-supreme-court-to-uphold-tiktok-ban%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2382972&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A conservative advocacy\u2062 group founded by former Vice President Mike\u2063 Pence, called Advancing \u200cAmerican Freedom,\u2063 has filed an amicus brief wiht the U.S. Supreme Court urging it to \u200buphold a law requiring \u2064TikTok to divest from its Chinese owners, ByteDance, \u2063or face a ban.\u2063 The brief emphasizes national security risks associated with \u2063TikTok&#8217;s ownership, likening it to &#8220;digital fentanyl,&#8221; and argues that the law will protect American citizens&#8217; security and privacy. The legislation, known as the\u200b Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, was \u200bpassed with bipartisan support\u200b and signed into law by President Biden. TikTok has challenged the law in court, claiming it violates First Amendment rights and \u2064due process. Pence, in support of the brief, states that defending the nation is the government&#8217;s primary role and asserts that\u200d the Supreme Court should uphold the law to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawley-introduces-bill-to-reduce-pentagons-reliance-on-technology-from-china-and-other-adversary-nations\/\" title=\"Hawley Introduces Bill to Reduce Pentagon\u2019s Reliance on Technology from China and Other \u2018Adversary Nations\u2019\">counter threats posed<\/a>\u200c by the Chinese\u200b Communist Party.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Pence-led group urges Supreme Court to uphold TikTok divest-or-ban law: &lsquo;Digital fentanyl&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1915689\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash;<\/strong> Advancing American Freedom, the conservative nonprofit advocacy group founded by former Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-pence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mike Pence<\/a>, filed an amicus brief on Monday urging the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a> to uphold legislation mandating the divestment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tiktok\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TikTok<\/a> from its Chinese owners or face removal from digital app stores.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The 20-page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/807708859\/Advancing-American-Freedom-AAF-amicus-brief-in-TikTok-v-Garland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">brief<\/a> emphasizes national security concerns tied to TikTok&rsquo;s ownership by ByteDance, a company headquartered in China and subject to influence from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/communist-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Chinese Communist Party<\/a>, and urges the nine justices to uphold the law known as the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a luncheon hosted by the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission during a Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo\/Doug McSchooler)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;TikTok is digital fentanyl, a 21st-century technological weapon being used by the Chinese Communist Party to target the American people,&rdquo; Pence said in a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> accompanying the brief filed in the case <em>TikTok v. Garland.<\/em> &ldquo;Our government&rsquo;s first job is to defend our nation and its citizens. The Supreme Court should uphold the law forcing the sale of TikTok to protect the security and privacy of the American people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act requires ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok or face a nationwide ban on its operation. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently upheld the law, rejecting TikTok&rsquo;s arguments that the measure violated the First Amendment and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-launches-title-ix-overhaul\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Launches Title IX Overhaul\">due process protections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The AAF brief underscores the argument that TikTok&rsquo;s ownership poses a significant threat to national security. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Constitution empowers Congress to defend our nation against threats from adversaries,&rdquo; lawyers for AAF told the Supreme Court of the law, which passed both chambers in a bipartisan fashion in April and was signed by President Joe Biden. &ldquo;The First Amendment is not an open door to our adversaries, and there is no First Amendment that applies to the Chinese Communist Party.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The brief also highlights that lower courts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3254344\/tiktok-files-emergency-motion-stop-ban-taking-place\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">previously subjected<\/a> the law to the highest level of scrutiny and still upheld it, arguing that the Supreme Court must now do the same to &ldquo;protect the American people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In April, AAF <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/2949754\/mike-pence-2-million-ad-campaign-senate-pass-tiktok-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">launched a $2 million ad campaign<\/a> urging the Senate to pass the divest-or-ban law. While President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> and his former vice president were previously on the same page about trying to ban the app in 2020, Trump has said he now has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3263078\/trump-warms-tiktok-meeting-ceo-ban-looms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&ldquo;warm spot&rdquo;<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">foreign-owned social media company<\/a> after it aided his 2024 reelection and has vowed to try to &ldquo;save&rdquo; the app.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok has challenged the legislation as unconstitutional, arguing that its forced sale violates free speech protections and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/group-our-vote-matters-is-suing-facebook-dominion-mark-zuckerberg-certain-state-officials-others-for-infringing-upon-right-to-vote-assemble-and-speak-freely-you-can-jo\/\" title=\"Group \u201cOur Vote Matters\u201d Is Suing Facebook, Dominion, Mark Zuckerberg, Certain State Officials, Others for Infringing Upon Right to Vote, Assemble and Speak Freely \u2013 You Can Join Too\">due process rights<\/a>. The company filed an emergency motion with the Supreme Court following the appeals court ruling. <\/p>\n<p>The foreign-owned Big Tech company also argues in its appeal that a ban would cause up to 170 million users of the app to suffer &ldquo;immediate harm&rdquo; if the law goes into effect on Jan. 19, adding that &ldquo;countless small businesses who rely on the platform&rdquo; will suffer substantial and unrecoverable monetary and competitive harms.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition to the legislation has emerged from unexpected quarters, including some lawmakers and advocacy groups. Sens. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Rand Paul (R-KY) <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/technology\/5051392-tiktok-ban-senators-pressure-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">issued a joint letter<\/a> to Biden on Friday asking for a 90-day extension to the law&rsquo;s implementation, saying it would be unrealistic for parent company ByteDance to find a new owner in the short amount of time before the law goes into effect.<\/p>\n<p>Oral arguments are scheduled for Jan. 10, ahead of the law&rsquo;s implementation deadline, which is one day before Trump is set to take office on Jan. 20. The parties face a short turnaround to file simultaneous opening briefs and a joint appendix by 5 p.m. Eastern time on Dec. 27, followed by reply briefs due by 5 p.m. on Jan. 3, and the justices have an even shorter amount of time to render a decision.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court has several options for addressing the TikTok ban. It could promptly affirm the D.C. Circuit&rsquo;s decision in a summary ruling, relying on Judge Douglas Ginsburg&rsquo;s opinion, or reverse it, though that would require a more fully developed explanation of errors by lower courts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, the court might issue a temporary injunction to allow time for a full written opinion or delay ruling on the petition for certiorari, forcing the Biden administration to decide whether to extend the compliance deadline, <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/volokh\/2024\/12\/18\/tick-tock-goes-the-scotus-clock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according<\/a> to South Texas College of Law professor Josh Blackman.<\/p>\n<p>If neither the Supreme Court nor the White House acts by Jan. 19, TikTok would be banned under the current law.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full brief below:<\/p>\n<p style=\" margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;\">   <a title=\"View Advancing American Freedom (AAF) amicus brief in TikTok v. 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