Massachusetts’ top court on Friday expressed skepticism that local boards of health or the Legislature could have done a better job combating the COVID-19 pandemic than Gov. Charlie Baker, casting doubt on a challenge to his sweeping emergency orders. During oral arguments in the case, the Supreme Judicial Court pushed back against an argument by…

Did Governor Charlie Baker overstep his authority when he declared a state of emergency during the pandemic and ordered non-essential businesses to close their doors? A group representing Massachusetts businesses and organizations argued before the state’s highest court Friday, saying the shutdown was an overreach. “The governor’s taken control and he’s turned the government upside…

Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the state’s highest court is poised to decide whether Gov. Charlie Baker’s string of executive orders were a legally appropriate response to contain the highly infectious virus or if he overstepped the authority outlined in law. An attorney representing business owners and religious leaders who sued the Baker administration…

The Massachusetts highest court is poised to decide whether Gov. Charlie Baker’s string of executive orders were a legally appropriate response to contain the highly infectious virus or if he overstepped the authority outlined in law. Baker declared a state of emergency on March 10 and has issued numerous executive orders through the pandemic, ranging…

Oral arguments were heard by the state’s Supreme Court Friday, in a case that pitted business owners, pastors, and educators against Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker. The plaintiffs of the lawsuit, who represented by attorney Michael DeGrandis of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, argued that Gov. Baker overreached when he ordered a state of emergency under…

The federal government might’ve blocked landlords from evicting scores of non-paying renters through the end of the year, but that hasn’t kept some property owners from trying to kick tenants out. In an unprecedented move earlier this month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a sweeping, nationwide order with the potential to shield millions of…