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A governor has the right to take down a historical marker, a state attorney told a judge Wednesday in a hearing over whether the state acted legally in removing a
On Monday, the New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court supporting petitioners against Joe Biden’s Health and Human Services nominee Xavier Becerra’s attempt as attorney general of California to out nonprofit donors for leftist harassment. “The attorney general’s demand that charities turn over the names of their top donors is nothing more than state-sponsored cancel culture,” said Michael DeGrandis, an NCLA lawyer. “The Constitution guarantees not only the right to associate but also privacy in one’s associations. In an increasingly polarized envi...
BOSTON â Gov. Charlie Baker's extensive, executive order-fueled pandemic response is justifiable under state law and did not violate the constitutional rights of businesses and organizations affected by mandatory shutdowns, the state's highest court ruled Thursday. Six months after the New Civil Liberties Alliance sued Massachusetts on behalf of business owners and religious institutions, the Supreme Judicial Court upheld the Baker administration's emergency actions, concluding that the governor acted within the emergency powers afforded to governors under a 1950 law. The consequential d...
Gov. Charlie Baker's extensive, executive order-fueled pandemic response is justifiable under state law and did not violate the constitutional rights of businesses and organizations affected by mandatory shutdowns, the state's highest court ruled Thursday. Six months after the New Civil Liberties Alliance sued Massachusetts on behalf of business owners and religious institutions, the Supreme Judicial Court upheld the Baker Administration's emergency actions, concluding that the governor acted within the emergency powers afforded to governors under a 1950 law. The consequential decision allows...
The Supreme Judicial Court rejected a challenge brought on behalf of a group including salon owners, pastors, and the headmaster of a private school.