[EscondidoSurfer]

A federal judge in Kentuck has overturned Governor Andy Beshear’s ban on mass gatherings as it relates to in-person church services. The ruling clears the way for churchgoers to attend services on Sunday.

[aquila48]

But will voters in Kentucky keep voting in Rats for governor?

[Red6]

How did that ban get put in place and what law enforcement body enforced that?

What this rule by decree tells us is that there are governors, judges (someone signed off on it) and law enforcement that should not be in office. All of these people at least have a high school education and all of them knew that what they are doing is violating the most basic constitutional rights.

Anyone involved in the decision making, even if they were just a “tag along” as often is the case, should be removed from their office. They did not serve the public, they went in violation of the most basic law of the country (US Constitution). They should be exposed and removed based on their own actions and words (those that went along with these things: governors, mayors, heads of police, sheriffs departments, judges).

[Sicon]

Finally starting to see pushback against this insanity, in lots of places. It is encouraging, though sad that it has taken so long, and that so much damage has already been done.

[Chaguito]

Has anybody lately stopped and considered how important it was that Jefferson and Madison insisted on a Bill of Rights in the Constitution? Where would we be now, if the Constitution were considered only a document for how to run a government.

[Mom MD]

Jesus Christ will endure.

[Salvation]

Hooray!

Alleluia!

[kiryandil]

Gregory F. Van Tatenhove is a Dubya judge [Eastern District of Kentucky] who overturned the Beshear ban, after two other federal judges upheld the ban.

84-year-old William O. Bertelsman, a senior (moment) judge [Eastern District of Kentucky, appointed by Peanut Boy], earlier upheld the Beshear mass gatherings ban, but threw out his travel ban (while giving Beshear instructions on how to really implement it).

Just before that, David Hale [Western District of Kentucky - ClownBammy judge] denied a request to halt the ban from applying to religious services. Hale said the ban was constitutional since it applied to all mass gatherings.

The case was then bounced up to a three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld the Obama judge's pro-ban ruling.

The panel was made up of 6th Circuit judges David McKeague, a George W. Bush appointee, John Nalbandian, a Donald Trump appointee, and Jeffrey Sutton, a George W. Bush appointee.

It's unclear whether the per curiam decision was unanimous.

[DannyTN]

Reading the judgement:

• The court compared worship services to Kroger or Home Depot. It apparently dissagreed with the classifications of essential vs non-essential.
• It ruled that if social distancing was sufficient for Kroger then it should be sufficient for a church service.
• It's a temporary restraining order, but the court has asked for more arguments.
• And the court acknowledged that this case would ultimately join 3 other cases pending before the 6th circuit

What it did not do..

• It didn't say that the emergency powers were unconstitutional, only that they were applied unequally (Kroger vs Church). In fact, it acknowledged that the powers were constitutional.