Rule of Law Isn’t a Recommendation, for Elon Musk or Anyone Else

Before Elon Musk spent September fighting Brazil’s online disinformation rules, he devoted his energy to pulling down a pillar of US corporate law.

When a Delaware judge voided his record $56 billion pay package, Musk slammed the state, moved Tesla to Texas, urged shareholders to re-approve the comp deal, and told the judge to restore it. In essence, he’s looking to override a landmark court ruling by sheer force of will.

Musk has reportedly blinked first after a protracted feud with a Brazilian judge over anti-government posts on his social network, X. But both that confrontation and the Delaware gambit ...