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You make it sound like that is a clever gotcha that a judge will rubber-stamp.

When has the US forced a private corporation to sell up via Congressional decree in peacetime?

Seems to me that Congress is betting that Bytedance will capitulate instead of taking the case to the Supreme Court.



It’s Trump’s right wing court. They don’t care for China. They are hawks and I think they’ll side with the govt on this.


It could happen, but not overnight. SC cases take years to resolve. Even if this one was fast-tracked, it will create a media and PR circus that whatever administration is in power will not want.




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