(March 4, 2024, 3:50 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Appealing a trial court’s ruling that preliminarily enjoined the enactment of a Montana law banning use of the TikTok social media platform within the state, Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen defends the statute in his March 1 opening brief to the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, describing it as a consumer protection law that does not run afoul of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution....