[Breaking] Two Republican supporters of the TikTok ban in the Senate, Senator Cotton and Senator Ricketts, cast doubt on the notion that Trump will swiftly reinstate the app.
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Trump could circumvent the law by ordering the DOJ not to enforce. However, Trump’s new term is limited to 4 yrs (for now), & the statute of limitations for prosecuting legal violations of the ban is 5 yrs; it'll be up to Google, Apple, Oracle, Microsoft & Amazon to decide if the risk is worth it.
If nothing else, you must give props to the people who drafted the TikTok ban bill. Its structure is such that it prevents Trump from ever being able to provide any sort of legal certainty to potential ban violators. Any firm that ignores their lawyer's advice on this is basically signalling fealty.
This is because the TikTokban law would remain in effect regardless of what Trump says. The law can only be repealed through a new act of Congress, as the Supreme Court has already determined that the existing law is constitutional.
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