Supreme Court’s docket includes pivotal cases on technology, police force, citizenship and free speech

The clock is tick-tocking on the Supreme Court’s latest calendar. Several things before the nation’s highest court have national significance. First, let’s revisit what’s happening with the social media site TikTok. On Jan. 20, the Supreme Court upheld the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary-Controlled Applications Act. It’s the law that requires Chinese government–controlled corporation Bytedance to divest TikTok or have the application barred from U.S.-based platforms But President Donald Trump signed an executive order pausing the TikTok ban. It provided a liability shield to business partners of the popular video app. What is interesting about the court’s decision is what the Supreme Court did not do.