But there didn’t seem to be a lot of argument among the justices themselves about where they stood.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Before Friday’s approximately two-and-a-half hours of debate,

A majority of the Supreme Court appeared likely to uphold a controversial ban on TikTok over concerns about its ties to China, with justices lobbing pointed questions at lawyers for the social media app and a group of its content creators.