Federal judge blocks enforcement of Kentucky Gov. Beshear’s COVID-19 travel ban

Lexington Herald-Leader: A federal judge in Kentucky granted a preliminary injunction Monday to block Gov. Andy Beshear from enforcing travel bans he put in place to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

U.S. District Judge William O. Bertelsman granted the preliminary injunction in the case of a lawsuit filed on April 14 by a group of people who attended an Easter service at Maryville Baptist Church near Louisville. The lawsuit accuses Beshear of violating constitutional rights with his COVID-19 orders restricting out of state travel and prohibiting in-person church services within his ban on mass gatherings.

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