Supreme Court Spurns Musk’s Twitter Sitter Appeal in SEC Win (2)

The US Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Elon Musk in his “Twitter sitter” case, leaving intact his agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to have an in-house lawyer pre-approve his social media posts about Tesla Inc.

The justices, without comment, refused to hear contentions from the billionaire Tesla chief executive officer that the accord he signed in 2018 now violates his constitutional free speech rights.

Musk, the world’s third-richest person, has battled the SEC over his social media posts since he tweeted in August 2018 that he had “funding secured” to take Tesla private, sending shares of ...