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 orders through the pandemic, ranging from ordering businesses deemed non-essential to close physical operations to closing schools to limiting how many people can gather in one place.
