On Monday, May 10 the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) regarding the December 10 decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) to uphold Governor Charlie Baker’s pandemic orders based on the 1950s Cold War-era Civil Defense Act (CDA).

The Fiscal Alliance Foundation made the following statement today in response to the New Civil Liberties Alliance’s case that was decided at the state Supreme Judicial Court (SJC).

A 2nd supplemental notice has been filed in the case Desrosiers v. Baker, which is challenging the legal underpinnings on which Gov. Charlie Baker has based his pandemic related executive orders shutting down much of Massachusetts.

The Fiscal Alliance Foundation made the following statement today in response to the New Civil Liberties Alliance filing of a Supplemental Notice of Pertinent and Significant Authorities in the case Desrosiers v. Baker.