don't know why washington politicians don't change libel laws. >> let's have a first year law class. libel is a tort. libel is state law. there are 50 different libel laws and they're all very similar in the country but congress does not address libel law. that's not within congress' power. supreme court establishes a certain baseline about what the first amendment allows in libel cases. >> president obama was not born in the united states, would that be libel? >> very interesting question because it damages your reputation. now there is nothing damaging. lots of people are not born in the united states. >> how about saying somebody's father was involved in the kennedy assassination, would that be libelous? >> to the father, yes. >> how about --