Matt Levine: “Musk is extremely rich, he’s litigious and willing to fight even without great legal arguments, he’s popular online and has a large army of fans who get mad at his critics, and he is essential to various essential companies. You can’t seriously expect all of the laws to apply to him…” “Musk has helped get Donald Trump elected president, and Trump is not particularly big on insisting that his supporters follow the law in every detail.