Everything You Need to Know About TikTok's Lawsuit Against the United States

Tiktok Inc., and ByteDance LTD., v. Merrick B. Garland Update Court Filing, retrieved on May 7, 2024, is part of HackerNoon’s Legal PDF Series. You can jump to any part in this filing here. This is the table of links with all parts. Case Number: [Redacted] Plaintiffs: Tiktok Inc., and Bytedance LTD. Defendant: Merrick B. Garland Filing Date: May 7, 2024 Location: In the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit TABLE OF CONTENTS Jurisdictional Statement Background and Nature of Proceedings A. TikTok Is a Speech Platform Used by 170 Million Americans. B. The Government Previously Made Unlawful Attempts to Ban TikTok. C. A Divestiture that Severs TikTok’s U.S. Operations From the Rest of the Globally Integrated TikTok Business Is Not Commercially, Technologically, or Legally Feasible. D. The Act Bans TikTok and Other ByteDance Applications. E. Congress Disregarded Alternatives to Banning TikTok, Such as the National Security Measures Petitioners Negotiated with the Executive Branch. Grounds On Which Relief Is Sought Ground 1: Violation of the First Amendment Ground 2: Unconstitutional Bill of Attainder Ground 3: Violation of Equal Protection Ground 4: Unconstitutional Taking Requested Relief About HackerNoon Legal PDF Series: We bring you the most important technical and insightful public domain court case filings. This court case retrieved on May 7, 2024, from sf16-va.tiktokcdn.com is part of the public domain. The court-created documents are works of the federal government, and under copyright law, are automatically placed in the public domain and may be shared without legal restriction. Lead image by Nik on Unsplash Tiktok Inc., and ByteDance LTD., v. Merrick B. Garland Update Court Filing, retrieved on May 7, 2024, is part of HackerNoon’s Legal PDF Series. You can jump to any part in this filing here. This is the table of links with all parts. Tiktok Inc., and ByteDance LTD., v. Merrick B. Garland Update Court Filing, retrieved on May 7, 2024, is part of HackerNoon’s Legal PDF Series . You can jump to any part in this filing here . This is the table of links with all parts. HackerNoon’s Legal PDF Series here Case Number: [Redacted] Case Number: Plaintiffs: Tiktok Inc., and Bytedance LTD. Plaintiffs: Defendant: Merrick B. Garland Defendant: Filing Date: May 7, 2024 Filing Date: Location: In the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Location: TABLE OF CONTENTS Jurisdictional Statement Jurisdictional Statement Jurisdictional Statement Background and Nature of Proceedings Background and Nature of Proceedings A. TikTok Is a Speech Platform Used by 170 Million Americans. A. TikTok Is a Speech Platform Used by 170 Million Americans. B. The Government Previously Made Unlawful Attempts to Ban TikTok. B. The Government Previously Made Unlawful Attempts to Ban TikTok. C. A Divestiture that Severs TikTok’s U.S. Operations From the Rest of the Globally Integrated TikTok Business Is Not Commercially, Technologically, or Legally Feasible. C. A Divestiture that Severs TikTok’s U.S. Operations From the Rest of the Globally Integrated TikTok Business Is Not Commercially, Technologically, or Legally Feasible. D. The Act Bans TikTok and Other ByteDance Applications. D. The Act Bans TikTok and Other ByteDance Applications. E. Congress Disregarded Alternatives to Banning TikTok, Such as the National Security Measures Petitioners Negotiated with the Executive Branch. E. Congress Disregarded Alternatives to Banning TikTok, Such as the National Security Measures Petitioners Negotiated with the Executive Branch. Grounds On Which Relief Is Sought Grounds On Which Relief Is Sought Ground 1: Violation of the First Amendment Ground 1: Violation of the First Amendment Ground 2: Unconstitutional Bill of Attainder Ground 2: Unconstitutional Bill of Attainder Ground 3: Violation of Equal Protection Ground 3: Violation of Equal Protection Ground 4: Unconstitutional Taking Ground 4: Unconstitutional Taking Requested Relief Requested Relief About HackerNoon Legal PDF Series: We bring you the most important technical and insightful public domain court case filings. This court case retrieved on May 7, 2024, from sf16-va.tiktokcdn.com is part of the public domain. The court-created documents are works of the federal government, and under copyright law, are automatically placed in the public domain and may be shared without legal restriction. About HackerNoon Legal PDF Series: We bring you the most important technical and insightful public domain court case filings. This court case retrieved on May 7, 2024, from sf16-va.tiktokcdn.com is part of the public domain. The court-created documents are works of the federal government, and under copyright law, are automatically placed in the public domain and may be shared without legal restriction. sf16-va.tiktokcdn.com Lead image by Nik on Unsplash Lead image by Nik on Unsplash Nik on Unsplash