President Donald Trump is notorious for taking to social media sites to express negative feelings, and this theme continued on Thursday, March 30, as he took to Twitter to debate libel laws. Trump’s unhappiness with current libel law is a result of his blatant distaste toward The New York Times. In an article written by Adam Liptak and published by The New York Times, Liptak examines the facets of libel laws, and why President Trump would never be able to change them. For one, it’s difficult for a public figure to win a libel suit, because, as the Supreme Court has stated, there must be proof that the journalist consciously said something false about them. As well as this, the Supreme Court has put constitutional limits on how each state can define libel, meaning public figures must be able to prove actual malice. Judge Neil M. Gorsuch stated at one of his Supreme Court confirmation hearings, “…the First Amendment has special meaning and protection when we’re talking about the media, the press in covering public officials, public actions and indicted that a higher standard of proof was required in any defamation or libel claim.” Ultimately, in suing for libel, President Trump would face much bigger challenges than any other individual in the United States.