Cass R. Sunstein, Columnist

Trump Is No Legal Expert. But He's Right About This One Thing.

Not about Mexican judges. (That's nuts.) But about libel law.

June 8, 2016 at 4:58 PM UTC

Cass R. Sunstein is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is the author of “The Cost-Benefit Revolution” and a co-author of “Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness.”

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There is not much evidence that Donald Trump respects the independence of the federal judiciary, or that he appreciates constitutional limits on the power of the president. But even a broken clock is right twice a day. On one legal issue, Trump raises a legitimate question: Have courts gone too far in protecting libelous speech?

Here’s what Trump said: