[Zeroisanumber]

Well, the law disagrees with you.

I don't support every law on the books.

[MeanWestTexan]

"I don't support every law on the books."

Nor I.

But every person has a duty to testify under the law and the common law, except with specially-created privileges. These are very few, being generally: husband-wife, penetent-paster, lawyer-client, and patient-doctor (but not dentist!).

These have been the only privileges-to-not-testify recognized by the law for 1,000 years.

So its more an absence of a law on the books.

While reasonable minds can disagree as to whether such a privilege SHOULD exist, judges have no business creating what the legislature refuses to create, considering the law has been very clear for so long.

This reporter asks the judges to create a new privilege for her. New laws are not the judiciary's job.