![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Magic_Wizard%2527s_Hat_%2528icon%2529.png/640px-Magic_Wizard%2527s_Hat_%2528icon%2529.png&w=640&q=50)
Expert wizard amendment
Proposed amendment by New Mexico state senator Duncan Scott / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The expert wizard amendment was a proposed amendment by New Mexico state senator Duncan Scott, which would require psychologists and psychiatrists to dress up as wizards when they were in court proceedings providing expert testimony regarding a defendant's competency.[1] The amendment, proposed in 1995, passed New Mexico's Senate unanimously.[2] Scott revealed the amendment was satirical prior to a vote in New Mexico House of Representatives following which it was removed and thus never signed into law.
This article is an orphan, as no other articles link to it. Please introduce links to this page from related articles; try the Find link tool for suggestions. (July 2020) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Magic_Wizard%27s_Hat_%28icon%29.png/640px-Magic_Wizard%27s_Hat_%28icon%29.png)
Scott said that he crafted the amendment because he felt that there were an excessive number of mental health practitioners acting as expert witnesses.[2]