SEC urges court to reject Musk's appeal

The Securities and Exchange Commission told the U.S. Supreme Court it should to turn away an Elon Musk appeal and leave intact his agreement to have an inhouse lawyer pre-approve his social media posts about Tesla Inc.

Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla and owner of the social media company X Corp., asked the Supreme Court to intervene in December, saying the accord he signed in 2018 now violates his constitutional free speech rights.

A federal appeals court rejected his contentions last year just days after the panel heard arguments in the socalled “Twitter sitter” case.

Musk has battled the SEC