Mass. Gov. Overstepped With Virus Orders, Top Court Told
August 4, 2020
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 and boxing gym, two restaurants, two houses of worship, the headmaster of a religious school and an entertainment and conference center — told the Supreme Judicial Court that the crisis “does not empower the governor to make law or dispense with law as he sees fit.”