Amid the grim coronavirus news of death and unemployment, at least there is the comic relief of the left embracing the Tenth Amendment.
Suddenly trendy is the provision of the Bill of Rights that "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."
Restaurant owners, hair salon owners, pastors, and a Christian school are asking a state court to overturn Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker's executive orders that seriously limit what they can do during the coronavirus emergency.
The plaintiffs, whose lawyers filed a complaint in Worcester Superior Court on Monday, June 1, say Baker has been violating the state constitution by attempting to issue orders as if they are laws – which, they say, have to be approved by the state Legislature, not merely promulgated by the governor.
