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Here is another example of the Massachusetts Supreme Court not understanding its role. The Court is trying to decide whether rape counseling notes should be discoverable by defense attorneys in rape prosecution cases. (I did not realize there was even an issue regarding physician/patient counselor/counselee privilege, but that is not the point of this post.) The Court has formed a committee composed of "judges, defense lawyers, prosecutors, victim advocates, health care providers and a representative from the state Department of Social Services," that will give recommendations to the Court. Now I could be wrong, but that sounds very legislative to me. Now this issue, gay marriage, and others may be very important to the people of Massachusetts and they can enact those policies if that is their choice. But a Court is not the body that should be making these types of decisions.
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