Fordham Law Zephyr Teachout is quoted in this Law360 article covering President-elect Donald Trump’s call for the Supreme Court to freeze the impending deadline for TikTok to divest from its Chinese parent company or face a nationwide ban.
She and Digital Progress Institute President Joel L. Thayer catalog, in an amicus brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court, how Congress has previously restricted foreign ownership of communications companies.
However, the federal government and several former national security officials and Federal Communications Commission officials contend the law is just the latest in a long line of legislation that seeks to limit foreign adversaries’ control over Americans. The sale-or-ban law uses language similar to that of the federal Radio Act, which limits foreign stockholders to 20% ownership in licensed radio companies, they said.
“The foundation of our Constitution, as well as sovereignty generally, lies in the understanding that we have the power to protect against foreign interference and that the exercise of such power is not incompatible with the First Amendment,” Fordham Law School professor Zephyr Teachout wrote in a brief.
Read “Trump Seeks High Court’s Pause Of TikTok Sale-Or-Ban Law” on Law360.