You can be sued for libel here in the US as well. When we say Freedom of Speech and expression etc, we kind of mean "within reason". We just think of a whole lo

You can be sued for libel here in the US as well. When we say Freedom of Speech and expression etc, we kind of mean "within reason". We just think of a whole lot more things as being "within reason" than do people elsewhere. But yeah, I think you'd be in for a rude awakening in the US if you made the mistake of going into court thinking that the judge is going to agree that libel is "within reason".