Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center.

Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

Armstrong and Getty.

And now here's Armstrong and Getty.

At 100202, East Coast time, we have a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on the popular app known as TikTok.

The Supreme Court upholds the law that was passed by Congress in a bipartisan manner signed in the law by Joe Biden last April

to find a new buyer within 270 days. The Supreme Court has now ruled that that law stands.

What happens to the app, however, is a wide open question.

So this is just happening now, and we were planning

to talk about TikTok anyway. What does this mean, Joe? Well, as always, I want to point out,

it's a ban on the Chinese ownership of the social media app because they are a hostile power.

That's what the law says.

Supreme Court upheld the ban, quote,

there is no doubt that TikTok offers a distinctive and expansive outlet for expression,

means of engagement, and source of community.

But Congress has determined that divestiture is necessary to address its well-supported national security concerns

regarding TikTok's data collection

practices in relationship with a foreign adversary.

For the foregoing reasons, we conclude that the challenge provisions do not violate

petitioner's First Amendment rights.

Justice Sotomayor has an opinion concurring in part.

She thinks it does touch on the First Amendment.

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