Comment on TikTok sues U.S. government, saying potential ban violates First Amendment
TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 6 months agoI was under the assumption that the Constitution applies to all within the sovereign territory of the US, not just citizens. That's why undocumented immigrants are still given trials for crimes.
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 6 months ago
It looks like they do, yes en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Wing_v._United_States
The fact that they bothered to pass a law at all could be argued to be a tacit admission that tiktok has constitutional rights, if it doesn’t then you could just march in and confiscate it’s servers, since it wouldn’t have the right to due process.