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Baker ‘Turned The Government Upside Down,’ Attorney For Business Owners And Religious Leaders Tells Court
September 11, 2020
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…
Attorney: Legislature consented to Baker’s pandemic orders
September 11, 2020
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…
Massachusetts high court to rule if governor's COVID-19 executive orders legally appropriate
September 11, 2020
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…
Arguments Heard In Lawsuit Against Gov. Baker's State Of Emergency
September 11, 2020
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…
Landlords Are Still Trying to Evict People Even Though There's a Federal Ban
September 11, 2020
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…
Landlord files lawsuit against CDC eviction moratorium
September 11, 2020
A landlord filed a legal challenge this week to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s sweeping order suspending evictions nationwide, arguing that it was an “affront to core constitutional limits on federal power” that stripped him of his rights to access the courts. The filing is the first direct…
Is Thunder Basin Inescapable?
September 10, 2020
Author: NCLA Legal Intern Bradley Larson It is a mainstay of the American legal system that people can bring their grievances in front of an impartial judge and obtain “equal justice under law.” However, 26 years ago, in an obscure case called Thunder Basin Coal Co. v. Reich, the Supreme…
The Cost of CDC’s Eviction Moratorium
September 10, 2020
The Centers for Disease Control issued an order last week imposing a moratorium on most evictions in states that have not already enacted more-restrictive eviction bans. The order effectively creates a nationwide eviction moratorium through the end of the year. Preventing mass homelessness during a pandemic is obviously important.…
Virginia landlord sues to stop CDC's nationwide ban on evictions
September 10, 2020
A lawsuit filed in federal court is seeking to halt the enforcement of a federal order that temporarily prohibits landlords from evicting tenants as a means to stop the spread of COVID-19. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Virginia resident Rich Brown, is asking a federal court to order the Centers…
Bump Stock Ban Back in Contention
September 9, 2020
Bump stocks have faded from the headlines. Most in the firearms community have been outraged that a federal administrative agency could make such a radical change in the law, as to ban items the agency previously ruled were perfectly legal, without any action by Congress or the President. Read the…