Elon Musk Proves Attacks on Judges Can Pay Off: Delaware Brief

March 31, 2026, 12:05 PM UTC

Elon Musk gets his way again, and why was state budget forecaster Michael Houghton fired? More below:

Musk Proves Attacks on Judges Can Pay Off

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It turns out that when you possess a fortune approaching $1 trillion, and you own one of the world’s most important social networks, and you’re close enough with the president of the United States to sit in on his phone calls with the leaders of countries where you’re hoping to do business, picking your own judge is just called Monday.

As Chris Dolmetsch, Jef Feeley, and Sabrina Willmer reported yesterday, Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick ...

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