TikTok ban: Supreme Court hears oral arguments

Barrett’s hypothetical: “Congress tells Jeff Bezos that he has to divest from The Washington Post.”

Hypothetical Jeff Bezos cannot catch a break. Justice Barrett poses this example, then asks whether Post readers could sue if Congress banned the Post unless he divested, trying to pick apart the different rights of corporations and the American public. (Fisher says it would indeed be an issue for readers.)

Would it be possible, Barrett asks, for TikTok to lose but its users to win this case — or would you “fall together?” Fisher says yes, the users could win alone.

“Wow,” says Barrett.

No honor among TikTokers!