Kentucky attorney general calls governor's travel restrictions unconstitutional
BY JUSTINE COLEMAN - 04/28/20 04:32 PM EDT 219
Kentucky's Republican attorney general called Gov. Andy Beshear’s (D) order banning out-of-state travel unconstitutional in a motion filed in federal court Monday.
Attorney General Daniel Cameron was originally included as a defendant in a woman’s lawsuit challenging the travel restrictions but filed a motion to side with the plaintiffs, according to court records obtained by the Lexington Herald-Leader. Beshear ordered the bans against traveling in and out of the state in late March to reduce the spread of coronavirus.
Allison Alessandro, who has since left the lawsuit, sued Beshear and Cameron. The lawsuit still has two other plaintiffs, who backed Cameron's decision to join their side.
“Here, the Governor’s travel ban impermissibly violates the fundamental right of every Kentucky citizen to interstate travel. This being the attorney general’s position, he should be realigned as a plaintiff,” Cameron’s attorneys wrote, according to the Herald-Leader.
When the initial lawsuit was filed, Beshear said at a press conference, “I’m not worried about it, and we will win it.”
The governor has said he wants to put politics aside during the coronavirus crisis, but his veto of a bill that would have allowed Cameron to ban abortions during the pandemic sparked disagreement between Beshear and the attorney general.
Why do they have a Democrat Gov??
ReplyDeleteBeshear beat Bevins (R) by 0.37%. So, basically, as the race got tight, what happened is, "hey look, here's some ballots we didn't notice in a box in the closet and --- dayummm....they're all for Beshear!"
DeleteOk, the old democratic slight of hand ballot trick!!!
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