“Some of Buckley’s best lines were uttered in court during a lengthy libel trial in the ’80s against National Review brought by the Liberty Lobby, which was then countersued by National Review. (The Liberty Lobby lost and NR won.)
“Irritated by attorney Mark Lane’s questions, Buckley asked the judge: ‘Your Honor, when he asks a ludicrous question, how am I supposed to behave?’
“In response to another of Lane’s questions, Buckley said: ‘I decline to answer that question; it’s too stupid.’
“When asked if he had ‘referred to Jesse Jackson as an ignoramus,’ Buckley said, ‘If I didn’t, I should have.'”
