ARTICLE
Several businesses and religious organizations in the state of Massachusetts recently took to the courts to argue a violation of due process. The court, however, sided with the governor in a decision that can be read here. "For the foregoing reasons, we conclude that the CDA provides the Governor with the authority for his March 10, 2020, declaration of a state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and for his issuance of the emergency orders; the emergency orders do not violate art. 30; and they do not violate the plaintiffs' Federal or State constitutional rights to procedural and substantive due process or free assembly."
Several businesses and religious organizations in the state of Massachusetts recently took to the courts to argue a violation of due process. The court, however, sided with the governor in a decision that can be read here.
"For the foregoing reasons, we conclude that the CDA provides the Governor with the authority for his March 10, 2020, declaration of a state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and for his issuance of the emergency orders; the emergency orders do not violate art. 30; and they do not violate the plaintiffs' Federal or State constitutional rights to procedural and substantive due process or free assembly."