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Floor debate centers on amended bill to allow suits against federal officials and 'digital unmasking'
Summary
Delegates extensively questioned a combined Judiciary measure that would create a Maryland cause of action akin to a Converse 1983 claim and authorize limited 'digital unmasking' to identify anonymous federal actors; members probed scope, federal cooperation, and safeguards.
An extensively amended Judiciary bill prompted sustained floor debate as delegates sought clarity about two major components folded together on the floor: a state-level civil cause of action modeled on a federal 42 U.S.C. § 1983-style claim against federal officials, and an accompanying 'digital unmasking' authority to identify anonymous federal actors for civil suits.
The floor leader summarized the measure as a combination of three bills, explaining the core element would let Marylanders bring a cause of action similar in theory to an 1871-era civil-rights claim against federal officials.…
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