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inlawrev-3341	Ricafort, Nissa M.	Jaffe v. Redmond: The Supreme Court's Dramatic Shift Supports the Recognition of a Federal Parent-Child Privilege	1998	38	.pdf	application/pdf	18626	1147	63	* 1 Additionally, the proposed rules would have greatly narrowed the scope of the existing privileges 42 and restricted the judicial development of privileges by freezing federal privilege law and denying federal courts the power to create new privileges.43 After much debate and controversy, Congress rejected the proposed rule containing specific privileges and chose to adopt a much amended and broader privilege rule—FRE 501. 44 By granting federal courts the power to develop federal privilege law without any guidance as to how to exercise that power, the language of FRE 501, as adopted by Congress, has resulted in controversy over the scope of the federal courts' power to develop new privileges.45 38. Some courts have followed commentators' suggestions of turning to state decisions to help define the development of federal privilege law.	cache/inlawrev-3341.pdf	txt/inlawrev-3341.txt