Will Supreme Court uphold TikTok ban, could Trump stop it?

Jan. 06, 2025 Law

The Supreme Court hears a challenge on Friday to a federal law that will ban TikTok if the Chinese parent company ByteDance doesn’t sell the popular social media app.

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Credits

Guest:

Jessica Levinson - Professor, LMU's Loyola Law School in Los Angeles - @LevinsonJessica

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Sarah Sweeney, Stephen Gregory, Angie Perrin, Amy Ta, Brian Hardzinski, Zeke Reed, Nihar Patel

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Jan. 6 anniversary, TikTok trial, yacht rock

Trump supporters are still spinning history of January 6

The four-year anniversary of the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol coincides with this year's joint session of Congress certifying President-elect Donald Trump's win in...

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Will Supreme Court uphold TikTok ban, could Trump stop it?

The Supreme Court hears a challenge on Friday to a federal law that will ban TikTok if the Chinese parent company ByteDance doesn’t sell the popular social media app.

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Yacht rock: Inside the appeal and repulsion of ‘70s SoCal music

In the mid-1970s and ‘80s in SoCal, bands like Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers, and Toto blended jazz, R&B, and pop to create a new soft style: yacht rock.

16 min