To be specific, that one judge that one time made that one statement in that one jurisdiction. In practice, it isn't quite so clear-cut. Anecdotally, I recall

To be specific, that one judge that one time made that one statement in that one jurisdiction. In practice, it isn't quite so clear-cut. Anecdotally, I recall a high school law course where we discussed libel and slander. The gist of what we were taught is that discussing someone's behaviour is fair game, but discussing their character is not. For example, you can say that there have been a series of lawsuits against so-and-so for fraud and you are relatively safe. But if you then say that so-and-so is dishonest, you may have crossed the line into slander/libel, because now you are expressing an opinion or drawing a personal conclusion that defames them. Again, this is my recollection from a very simple introductory course many years ago.