The state is illegally attempting to violate the Green Party?s attorney-client privilege by searching the attorney?s computer, according to the Maryland branch of the American Civil Liberties Union.

“What plaintiff in her right mind will come forward to seek justice through the courts if being successful means the party who violated her rights can then search her lawyer?s computer, reading any communications back and forth ? even if wholly unrelated to the case?” ACLU of Maryland Legal Director Deborah Jeon wrote.