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On the recordJune 9, 2020
H.R. 7120 contains in it a change in qualified immunity, basically an elimination of qualified immunity, and that's important and it's good.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen discusses the importance of eliminating qualified immunity in civil rights litigation.

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