Kentucky Governor Can’t Halt In-Person Instruction at Private Religious Schools: Judge

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks 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

Kentucky’s governor cannot prevent religious schools from providing in-person instruction to students, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.

Gov. Andy Beshear’s executive order closing K-12 schools appears to violate the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the judge said in his 22-page ruling.