Elon Musk Appeals to Supreme Court Over SEC Tweet-Vetting Agreement

Musk's lawyers argue the agreement violates his First Amendment rights and the unconstitutional conditions doctrine.

Elon Musk has appealed to the US Supreme Court to overturn a 2019 agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that requires a lawyer to vet his tweets about Tesla.
Musk's lawyers argue that the agreement violates his First Amendment free speech rights and the unconstitutional conditions doctrine.
The agreement was reached after Musk tweeted in 2018 that he had 'funding secured' to take Tesla private, which led to an SEC investigation and lawsuits from investors.
The appeal follows a lower court's decision in May that upheld the agreement and rejected Musk's claim that the SEC was using the agreement to harass him.
To hear the case, four of the nine Supreme Court justices must agree to accept the petition.