Prof. Alan Rozenshtein Quoted in Politico About Trump’s Request to Delay Law Banning TikTok

Professor Alan Rozenshtein was quoted in Politico about Donald Trump’s request that the Supreme Court suspend the law’s critical Jan. 19 deadline that bans TikTok unless its Chinese parent company cut ties with the social media app. The court is weighing a constitutional challenge from TikTok, which says the law violates the First Amendment. Legal experts have criticized Trump’s unconventional attempt to intervene in the dispute before taking office. Prof. Rozenshtein said, “The fact that the law goes into effect the day before Trump is inaugurated is just too bad for Trump, but a future president cannot ask a court to delay a law.” He said the Supreme Court “does not have the authority to pause a law that was written by Congress and enacted” without considering its constitutionality.