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Plaintiffs File Brief in Challenge to Baker Shutdown Executive Orders
The Fiscal Alliance Foundation released the following statement today following the plaintiff’s filing of briefs in the case Dawn Desrosiers, et al. v. Governor Charles D. Baker, the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Governor Charlie Baker’s executive orders shutting down much of the Massachusetts economy through the Civil Defense Act. “This is an important step towards…
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Doctors sue feds for access to hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19
A conservative physician group opposed to government interference in medicine is trying to use litigation to free up millions of doses of hydroxychloroquine in government stockpiles, joining other plaintiffs who hope to convince courts to reverse COVID-19 policies they oppose. The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons is suing the Food and Drug Administration, accusing…
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Mass. Gov. Overstepped With Virus Orders, Top Court Told
Massachusetts Republican Gov. Charlie Baker applied the wrong law and illegally picked “winners and losers” when he shut down certain businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, the state’s top court was told Tuesday by a group seeking to invalidate the emergency orders. The New Civil Liberties Alliance — suing on behalf of two hair salons, a tanning salon…
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Bitcoin investor sues IRS for seizing private financial data
A Bitcoin investor in New Hampshire has filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service after he received a letter from the IRS inquiring about his digital currency holdings. The IRS has been cracking down on cryptocurrency holders, receiving the names of approximately 13,000 customers of the Coinbase exchange after issuing John Doe summonses in…
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Lexington business owners among plaintiffs challenging Baker’s COVID-19 orders
The state’s highest court will hear arguments in September in a lawsuit brought against Gov. Charlie Baker challenging his authority to declare a COVID-19 state of emergency and to issue the emergency orders that have shaped life in Massachusetts for the last four months. Justice Barbara Lenk, sitting as part of a single-justice session, ordered…
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