Costumes and the Confrontation Clause
4th January 2011
One question that we get frequently here on Law and the Multiverse is whether superheroes that wear identity-concealing costumes could wear them in court. A closely related question is whether a superhero could testify under his or her alias and refuse to answer questions about his or her secret identity. In the US, these are important issues because of the Confrontation Clause, which is where our analysis will focus. We briefly discussed this issue as part of the alter ego post from Dec. 2010; this is a fuller treatment of the specific question of the legal issues related to testifying while disguised.