The nine justices have similar and narrow intellectual, educational and judicial career backgrounds, making the high court more homogeneous in some ways

The U.S. Justice Department is petitioning the Supreme Court not to entertain President-elect Donald Trump's attempts to influence the court's decision related to a law that would ban TikTok in just over two weeks.

U.S President-elect Donald Trump has urged the Supreme Court to pause implementation of a law that would ban TikTok or force its sale.

The Justice Department is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to bypass President-elect Donald Trump's attempt to delay a TikTok ban from going into effect.