Will TikTok Ban Be Challenged in Court? | Pivot

1. KSKara Swisher0:00

   The bill to ban or divest TikTok is now in the hands of the Senate following the passage in the House this weekend. The legislation, which passed by, uh, a 360-58 vote, was bundled into an aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan by Speaker Mike Johnson. Very cle- very clever Mike Johnson. If the bill... They already passed one, but it was stuck in the Senate. But this is a slightly different bill. If the bill makes it through the Senate, President Biden has said he will sign into law. TikTok parent company ByteDance then has 270 days to sell the app, m- closer to a year, or face a ban. Um, let's talk about how it went down, 'cause they passed one that was getting trouble in the Senate. Maria Cantwell wasn't against it, now she's for it. ByteDance indicated it could mount a legal challenge. That's where it's going next, arguing the ban would trample free speech rights. It'll definitely go in the courts. It's lost... It's won before in courts. Um, in November, a federal judge blocked a Montana law to ban TikTok across the state specifically. Donald Trump attempted to ban TikTok in 2020, it was also rejected by a federal judge. It'll definitely go to the Supreme Court. Um, and then they'll have to at least look for a buyer in case they lose. But if this does become law, future bans of foreign companies and products, we've done that before. Um, so that's a very clever way to get it through. That's... And then, then then they have to deal with the, the law itself.

2. SGScott Galloway1:14

   I mean, there's so many ways you can tell you're getting older, right? You... The idea of a cruise does not sound horrific to me anymore. I'm, I'm, "Oh, okay." You know, um, I actually listened the other day. Someone was talking about catheters, and I'm like, "Say more, 'cause I know it's coming."

3. KSKara Swisher1:27

   (laughs)

4. SGScott Galloway1:27

   And the other... I'm not exaggerating, Kara. On, on Saturday-

5. KSKara Swisher1:32

   (laughs)

6. SGScott Galloway1:32

   ... I was obsessed with CSPAN.

7. KSKara Swisher1:33

   Yeah.

8. SGScott Galloway1:33

   I mean, I might as well have been 120 fucking years old.

9. KSKara Swisher1:35

   Oh. (laughs)

10. SGScott Galloway1:37

    This, uh, Saturday-

11. KSKara Swisher1:40

    I'm just thinking of you in a catheter.

12. SGScott Galloway1:42

    (laughs)

13. KSKara Swisher1:42

    But go ahead.

14. SGScott Galloway1:42

    Uh, my dad says the guy who invented the catheter should literally get the Nobel Prize. Um, anyways-

15. KSKara Swisher1:49

    Well-

16. SGScott Galloway1:49

    Um-

17. KSKara Swisher1:49

    ... I can see that.

18. SGScott Galloway1:50

    (laughs) I'm sorry, I got thrown off there.

19. KSKara Swisher1:52

    Men have an easier time. (laughs)

20. SGScott Galloway1:53

    Yeah.

21. KSKara Swisher1:53

    Anyway. (laughs)

22. SGScott Galloway1:53

    There we go. There we go.

23. KSKara Swisher1:55

    Good.

24. SGScott Galloway1:55

    So, um-

25. KSKara Swisher1:56

    Yeah.

26. SGScott Galloway1:56

    God, just talking about catheters makes me want to pee. Um, anyways.

27. KSKara Swisher2:00

    Yeah. Okay.

28. SGScott Galloway2:01

    I'm... Kara, I, I, I just want to be clear, uh, my new favorite-

29. KSKara Swisher2:06

    Yeah.

30. SGScott Galloway2:06

    ... person or near favorite person is Speaker Johnson.

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