SEC Urges Supreme Court to Reject Elon Musk’s First Amendment Appeal

‘Further review is not warranted,’ the government says.
SEC Urges Supreme Court to Reject Elon Musk’s First Amendment Appeal
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of social media platform X, meets with France's president at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on May 15, 2023. Michel Euler /POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Melanie Sun
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Attorneys representing the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have urged the Supreme Court not to hear Elon Musk’s appeal of settlement conditions that Mr. Musk says would require “Americans who settle their cases with the government to ‘consent’ to be gagged for life.”

Elon Musk is challenging the details of a settlement agreement he signed with the SEC requiring him to seek pre-approval for comments about Tesla, of which he is the CEO. He also used to be chairman of Tesla’s board of directors.