The latest turn in the ongoing saga over TikTok in the United States has brought the balance of power among the three branches of government into the spotlight.

Meanwhile, the Justice Department is absolutely loving this. The Supreme Court's decision will allow it to "prevent the Chinese government from weaponizing TikTok to undermine America's national security," says Attorney General Merrick Garland. "Authoritarian regimes should not have unfettered access to millions of Americans' sensitive data."

The TikTok ban was supposed to be a critical national security response to the threat posed by the Chinese government and its control over an app with 170 million users in our country. Shortly before the law went into effect,