i feel like allen iversen here. are we really talking about flight burning? this is insane.ou did a lot more of the libel laws than i ever did. you have a much better perspective on that. >> you know he just can't really do anything and as he said in "the new york times" someone pointed out to me that i couldn't -- myself because of things i have said in the past. yeah. [laughter] so libel is a state towards. it is a state action even when you have the libel case that isn't a need in federal court. you are still relying on state statutes and state common law. so you would have to influence about half the local court judges in the country to make any impact on this whatsoever. i'm not worried about the libel law. every once in a while people raise the actual malice standard issue. that is the standard that was created in 1964 and "the new york times" verses sullivan case where for the first time they applied federal constitutional law to a libel case and where they said in the instance of a public official and then later a public figure, the plaintiff will have to prove that

i feel like allen iversen here. are we really talking about flight burning? this is insane.you did a lot more with the libel laws than i ever did. you have a much better perspective on what can be done. >> you know, he can't really do anything. and as he said in "the new york times" someone pointed out to me that i could be in trouble myself because of things i have said in the past. yeah. [laughter] libel is a state tort. it is a state action even when you have the libel case that venued used them -- is in federal court. you are still relying on state statutes and state common law. so you would have to influence about half the local court judges in the country to make any impact on this whatsoever. i'm not worried about the libel laws. every once in a while people , raise the actual malice standard issue. that is the standard that was created in 1964 in "the new york times" versus sullivan case where for the first time they applied federal constitutional law to a libel case and where they said in the instance of a public official and then later a public figure, the plaintif