Changes

Jump to navigation Jump to search

Marital privilege (view source)

Revision as of 01:12, September 1, 2015

354 bytes added ,  01:12, September 1, 2015
abrogation of a key aspect of the spousal privilege in federal court
Line 1: Line 1:  
'''Marital privilege''', or spousal privilege, is a law of evidence that protects one spouse from being compelled to testify against the other.
 
'''Marital privilege''', or spousal privilege, is a law of evidence that protects one spouse from being compelled to testify against the other.
   −
Courts, in disregard of marital unity, have weakened this privilege in the past hundred years.
+
Courts, in disregard of marital unity, have weakened this privilege in the past hundred years.  Most notably, the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] in 1980 abrogated the centuries-old right of someone to prevent his spouse from testifying against him.  ''See Trammel v. United States'', 445 U.S. 40 (1980).  As a result, in federal court today someone is allowed to testify against a spouse if the witness wants to (or is compelled to by a grant of immunity).
 
[[Category:evidence]]
 
[[Category:evidence]]
 
[[category:privileges]]
 
[[category:privileges]]
Aschlafly
Anthony, Irenaeus, Siteadmin, Bureaucrats, Check users, nsAm_Govt_101RO, nsAm_Govt_101RW, nsAm_Govt_101_ta, nsJudgesRO, nsJudgesRW, nsJudges_talkRO, nsJudges_talkRW, nsTeam2RO, nsTeam2RW, nsTeam2_talkRO, nsTeam2_talkRW, oversight, Administrators
125,891

edits

Retrieved from "https://www.conservapedia.com/Special:MobileDiff/1169397"

Navigation menu