The highest court in Massachusetts – the Supreme Judicial Court – heard oral arguments two weeks ago for Health Law Advocates’ class action lawsuit, Finch et al v. Connector Authority, on behalf of more than 40,000 legal immigrants barred from joining the Commonwealth Care program. If you missed the Oct. 6 oral arguments, you can now watch them online here.

You can also read the briefs of both sides on the SJC site. In addition to the main brief filed by HLA, friend of the court amicus briefs were submitted in support of the right of legal immigrants by the Mass Law Reform Institute (joined in by Health Care For All, the Irish International Immigrant Center and MIRA, the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition), the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, the Chinese Progressive Association, and the ACLU of Massachusetts (all pdfs).
-Alyssa Vangeli