Supreme Court Backs Law Banning TikTok If Chinese Parent Company Refuses Sale

The justices decided the risk to national security posed by its ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app or its users.

Supreme Court Seems Open to Age Checks for Online Porn, Though Questions Remain

Justices could still send it back to a lower court for more consideration of how the age verification measure affects adults’ free-speech rights.

Supreme Court Seems Likely To Uphold a Law That Could Ban TikTok in the US On Jan. 19

The justices seemed persuaded by arguments that the national security threat posed by the company’s connections to China override concerns about restricting speech.

TikTok’s Fate Arrives at Supreme Court in Collision of Free Speech and National Security

TikTok and China-based ByteDance, as well as content creators and users, argue the law is a dramatic violation of the Constitution’s free speech guarantee.

TikTok Creators Left in Limbo While Awaiting Decision on Potential Platform Ban

At the heart of the case is whether the law violates the First Amendment with TikTok and its creator allies arguing that it does.

Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Over Law That Could Ban TikTok in the US

The justices will hear arguments on January 10 about whether the law impermissibly restricts speech in violation of the First Amendment.

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Graphic Cigarette Warning Labels

Tobacco company R.J. Reynolds appealed to the high court after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the warnings do not violate the First Amendment.

Supreme Court Opens Door to Texas Online Journalist’s Lawsuit Over Her 2017 Arrest

The justices tossed out the ruling of a divided federal appeals court that found the journalist could not sue police officers and other officials over her arrest.