Opinion of the Justices

To His Excellency the President of the Senate and the Honorable Council:

The undersigned justices of the supreme court return the following answer to the questions contained in your resolution adopted May 4, 1977, and filed in this court on May 5, 1977.

*388Your first question is as follows:

May the Senate President and Council in an RSA 4:1 removal proceeding order a witness who is a news reporter to disclose the sources of information which he utilized in preparing a series of articles which relate directly to the performance of the official whose removal is sought?

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