Donald Trump has submitted a filing to the Supreme Court regarding the TikTok case brought by the Justice Department, which the court will decide in the coming session. The lawsuit brought by the DOJ alleges "violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and its implementing regulations...

Summary

Donald Trump submitted a Supreme Court filing opposing a TikTok ban, citing his “dealmaking expertise” and promising to resolve national security concerns.

The brief advocates delaying the case to allow Trump to address it politically.

Legal experts criticized the filing for being overly self-promotional and unprecedented, with some mistaking it for satire.

Critics noted its unusual tone and highlighted the involvement of Trump’s potential solicitor general pick, D. John Sauer, in drafting the document.

The case concerns TikTok’s alleged violations of privacy laws and ties to China.

  • Snapz@lemmy.world
    20·
    22 hours ago

    This was always the tactic. gop attacked tiktok, which is extremely popular, if trump lost they’d insist on the “ban” and try to hang the unpopularity of the move that they demanded on Biden. If trump won, they’d chicken shit away from the move, claim trump “saved” something to try to grab opportunistic popularity moment as fuel for the next ghoulish live they need to make publicly that will lose them goodwill.

    America is decidedly fucked. The general public isn’t equipped to see below the surface layer of this shit.