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

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. 

.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. 

Bertelsman’s injunction Monday “restrains and enjoins” Beshear from enforcing his executive order that instructs Kentuckians not to travel out of state. The injunction will remain in place pending further orders from the court.

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