Supreme Court Rejects Kentucky Private School’s Challenge to Shutdown Order

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks about the coronavirus situation during a news conference at the state's Emergency Operations Center at the Boone National Guard Center in Frankfort, Ky., on May 3, 2020. Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP

The Supreme Court has rejected an attempt to prevent Kentucky’s governor from ordering religious schools to halt in-person learning.

In an unsigned opinion issued last week, the nation’s highest court said Gov. Andy Beshear’s order “effectively expires this week or shortly thereafter, and there is no indication that it will be renewed.”