The irony is glaring…. The libel bully is now facing libel liability himself.

— Professor Roy Gutterman of Syracuse University on Donald Trump’s accidental contribution to libel law. Trump’s efforts to throw out a claim leveled against him for lying about a woman who had accused him of sexual misconduct is breaking new ground in the area of “liar libel.” As Adam Liptak points out, Trump vowed to open up libel laws… but this probably isn’t what he meant.