Governor Charlie Baker declined to comment today on a lawsuit claiming he has exceeded his authority under Massachusetts law by ordering the coronavirus emergency shutdowns.
"Normally, we don't really speak to lawsuits when they're in process. Obviously, we're aware of the fact that it was filed. When people issue decisions, we usually comment on that. But I don't usually comment on pending litigation," Baker said during a coronavirus press conference Saturday, June 6, answering a reporter's question.
The United States is infected with racism at its core, Cardinal Sean O'Malley says in a letter to be read to Catholic parishioners in the Archdiocese of Boston this weekend.
"George Floyd's death makes clear that racist premises and attitudes, often implicit, are woven through basic structures — political, legal, economic, cultural and religious — in the United States," O'Malley writes.
