I'm surprised that spousal privilege doesn't come with the same exceptions as doctor/patient privilege. (Except, apparently, in Canada.) Duty-to-warn is a kind of young theory, but as theories for the legal violation of existing privilege go, I'm a fan.

That is truly bizarro, about the "LA Angels of Anaheim". That is sort of like saying I am the San Diego Padres of Santa Barbara, right? Or the Boston Red Sox of Albany.

Or the Boston Red Sox of Albany.

The "duty to warn" exception has largely applied (if at all) to professional privileges -- attorney-client or psychiatrist-patient or priest-penitent. I haven't seen it much in the spousal situation.

Boston Red Sox of Albany

Snerk

I suppose that duty-to-warn, outside of a professional relationship (where, e.g., it is expertise that tells you "yes, Dude X is crazy enough to attack Dude Y" or "Yes, Dude X attacking Dude Y is, in fact, illegal"), would fall into more of the Good Samaritan context than anything else. Right? I'm neither a shrink nor a lawyer, so it's not my professional responsibility to warn Dude Y, just the responsibility of my citizenship, as my state/province/country defines it.

That is truly bizarro, about the "LA Angels of Anaheim".

It's because their lease with the city of Anaheim (where the stadium is) requires them to include "Anaheim" in their official name. Of course, everyone will shorten it back to "LA Angels", just as everyone shortens the "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" down to "Rhode Island."

eta: I will note that the football Giants and Jets don't even play in the same state as the city from which they take their official names.

I am totally grossed out by actually understanding spousal privilege.

It is possible I'm heartless and have dictator-tendencies, but it makes no sense to me, and I'm not sure how it helps society more than it mucks things up. It's crime. Why should other people's lives or liberty be less important than my marriage vows, which I can break with a snap of a finger anyway?

I suppose that duty-to-warn, outside of a professional relationship (where, e.g., it is expertise that tells you "yes, Dude X is crazy enough to attack Dude Y" or "Yes, Dude X attacking Dude Y is, in fact, illegal"), would fall into more of the Good Samaritan context than anything else. Right? I'm neither a shrink nor a lawyer, so it's not my professional responsibility to warn Dude Y, just the responsibility of my citizenship, as my state/province/country defines it.

Interestingly, a number of states have passed laws requiring that folks report illegal activity to the authorities. Arguably, threatening to kill someone else is illegal.

The Anaheim, formerly California, formerly LA Angels are now the LA Angels of Anaheim.

This is dumb.

I know they have been wanting to have LA in their name for some reason unknown to me, (is anyone unclear where Anaheim is? Is it not true that it is in a different county and not actually in LA?)

I have no idea why this bugs me. But it does. Though I am amused that they resolved it by adopting an even sillier name than I thought possible as an outcome.

Huh. I thought spousal privilege meant that you weren't forced to testify against your spouse, not that you weren't allowed to.