Judge temporarily blocks Kentucky governor's Covid-19 executive orders -- same day he requires mask

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: CNN

A circuit judge ordered Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday to cease issuing or enforcing executive orders related to Covid-19 on the same day that the Democrat signed an executive order mandating that Kentuckians must wear a facial covering or mask in public in certain situations.

Scott County Circuit Judge Brian Privett issued a temporary restraining order against Beshear in a case filed by Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles and agritourism business Evans Orchard and Cider Mill, LLC, challenging the governor's use of executive power during the pandemic. Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, a Republican, joined the lawsuit last week.

In order to issue and enforce executive orders related to Covid-19, Privett wrote that the governor must first "specifically state the emergency that requires the order, the location of the emergency, and the name of the local emergency management agency that has determined that the emergency is beyond its capabilities."

The move follows other state lawmakers' internal clashes over governors' use of executive power responding to the coronavirus in Michigan and North Carolina. Kentucky is currently one of only four states that are seeing decreases in the rates of new coronavirus cases, as well as Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, according to Johns Hopkins University data.



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[rpannier]

1. Maybe we'll get lucky and Privett, Quarles, Orchard and Cameron will all get it

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Agritourism?

Seems an overstated term for petting zoo or pumpkin farm!
They need a commission for that?

[TeamPooka]

3. Republicans will obstruct all governing by Democrats, even if it kills people.

[riversedge]

8. That is exacly what happened in Wisconsin! Gov Evers, a Dem, extended his stay at home

executive order. and repugs fought it-and then brought it to court. SC of WI, a very scott walker appointed court agreed with Repugs. Now the virus is on an increase in WI--and has hit more rural areas. damn

[groundloop]

4. Oh for crying out loud, these fucking GOPers need to grow up and act like adults

[Grokenstein]

5. "No, no, nooooooooooooooooooooo!"

"I'm not gonna and you can't make m--" (collapses in sudden coughing fit)

[Bayard]

6. Governor Beshear has done a good job of keeping us safer

"Kentucky is currently one of only four states that are seeing decreases in the rates of new coronavirus cases." I can't imagine where we would be if Bevin had stayed in power.

Unfortunately, he's surrounded by rethuglicans that do their best to undermine him.

[Initech]

7. Fucking assholes!!!

[Javaman]

9. in other news Kentucky experiences explosion of covid cases in two weeks. nt