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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 uni...

Protection to political speech, meaning you can say all kinds of things in america without legal consequences, but not everything. today legal experts say because of the particular way trump leveled his accusations this weekend he may have libeled barack obama. it is hard for political figures to win libel cases. they choose to be public so people can talk about them. that's the idea. but the supreme court has held some false attacks on a public figure are so terrible, they can be grounds for libel. the basic standard is that the statement must be false and the person making it either knew it ...

Top, well-known attorney in these libel cases and says the is no intention of the first lady of using her position for profit. >> it sounds like she should read her own brief. i don't know how her own attorney can argue within the span of 24 hours that she either wants to capitalize on her new found fame and profile and doesn't want to. >> some of them is second nature to them. there's nothing wrong if you don't want a career in public

We'll give you the rebuttal. catherine charles harder, melania trump's attorney and a top, well-known attorney in these libel cases and says the is no intention of the first lady of using her position for profit. >> it sounds like she should read her own brief. i don't know how her own attorney can argue within the span of 24 hours that she either wants to capitalize on her new found fame and profile and doesn't want to. >> some of them is second nature to them.