The plaintiffs in a unsuccessful lawsuit that sought to overturn many of Gov. Charlie Baker s executive orders that put business and other gathering restrictions in place during the COVID-19 pandemic are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the case.
The New Civil Liberties Alliance said Monday that it was in the process of filing a petition with the Supreme Court to review the case, which was rejected in December by the state s top court. NCLA attorney Mike DeGrandis, who argued the case in front of the Supreme Judicial Court, said he believes the state s top court applied exceedingly lax standards when it evaluated Baker s restrictions on the right to assemble, and well as the plaintiffs due process rights.
Petitioners ask US Supreme Court to declare Gov. Baker’s COVID restrictions a violation of the Constitution
Updated May 10, 2021;
Posted May 10, 2021
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announces that Massachusetts will transition to a new phase of its vaccination efforts, including gradually ramping down some mass vaccination sites in the coming months and pivoting to more targeted approaches at a press conference held at the State House.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
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By Matt Murphy | State House News Service
Gov. Charlie Charlie Baker is less than three months away from lifting all remaining COVID-19 restrictions, but critics who believe the Republican governor overstepped his authority are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to declare Baker’s actions to date a violation of the Constitution.
Business owners rejected by SJC now want Supreme Court to review Bakerâs use of emergency powers during COVID pandemic
By Matt Stout Globe Staff,Updated May 10, 2021, 1:56 p.m.
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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
A group of business owners who unsuccessfully sought last year to overturn Governor Charlie Bakerâs emergency powers during the pandemic is petitioning the
Supreme Court to review the case, according to its lawyer, potentially extending whatâs been a yearlong challenge to the Republican governorâs authority.
Michael P. DeGrandis, an attorney with the New Civil Liberties Alliance thatâs representing the business owners, argued Monday that the stateâs Supreme Judicial Court erred in rejecting its lawsuit to overturn the dozens of emergency orders Baker has issued to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker defends COVID restrictions as small business owners, religious leaders ask US Supreme Court to hear complaint
Updated May 10, 2021;
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday defended his administration’s COVID-19 measures after a group that claims he abused his authority asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its case.
Baker’s executive orders limiting gatherings, capacities and hours at restaurants and businesses were upheld by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in December. The New Civil Liberties Alliance, representing a group of small business owners, religious leaders and a private school administrator, claimed the moves violated the Constitution and that Baker sidestepped the state legislature by erroneously invoking the Civil Defense Act. The group now seeks an audience with the highest court in the country, State House News Service reported Monday.
The plaintiffs in an unsuccessful lawsuit that sought to overturn many of Gov. Charlie Baker s executive orders that put business and other gathering restrictions in place during the COVID-19 pandemic are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the case.
The New Civil Liberties Alliance said Monday that it was in the process of filing a petition with the Supreme Court to review the case, which was rejected in December by the state s top court.
In that ruling, the Supreme Judicial Court justices said that state law gave the governor expansive discretionary powers in the face of an emergency. The court wrote that the law does include the phrase other natural causes, and the pandemic fit firmly within that definition.