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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."