Elon Musk vows to sue after California officials cite his X posts when rejecting more SpaceX rocket launches

Elon Musk announced on X Sunday that he intends to sue California after their agency of environmental bureaucrats refused to allow more SpaceX rocket launches from the state and cited Musk’s political statements online when they did so.

“Incredibly inappropriate. What I post on this platform has nothing to do with a ‘coastal commission’ in California! Filing suit against them on Monday for violating the First Amendment," he said.

The decision that Musk was referring to was reported Thursday in Politico. What really upset something called the California Coastal Commission was the United States Air Force’s decision to allow SpaceX to fire up to 50 rockets a year from Vandenberg Air Force Base, located in Santa Barbara County. The commission apparently believes it has the right to overrule that decision because it doesn’t like Musk’s posts on X in support of former President Donald Trump. They also didn't like his calling out FEMA incompetence as he struggled with the agency over getting his Starlink connectivity systems up and running for victims of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina.


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