Union Boss Ballot Question Should be Disqualified; Breaks Federal Labor Law and Includes Unrelated Policy Proposals    

The Fiscal Alliance Foundation released the following statement in response to the Supreme Judicial Court’s ruling upholding a decision by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office striking down a ballot question that sought to limit giving to political organizations.

Last August, Harvard Law Professor Larry Lessig filed paperwork at the Attorney General’s office seeking to place a referendum on the 2024 ballot that would limit political speech in elections.

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.

Executive Orders Go a Step Too Far in Enforcement & Use of Police Powers

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.

The Fiscal Alliance Foundation released the following statement today in response to oral arguments presented at the state Supreme Judicial Court (SJC).

The Fiscal Alliance Foundation released the following statement in response to Governor Charlie Baker’s filing of a Response Brief in the case of Dawn Desrosiers, et al. v. Governor Charles D. Baker (SJC 12983), which seeks to overturn the Governor’s executive orders shutting down much of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.