Kentucky Democrat Governor ordered to pay Legal Fees

Dem Gov. Andy Beshear ordered by appeals court panel to pay $272K in attorneys fees to church-goers

Those three church-goers -- Randall Daniel, Theodore Roberts, and Sally O’Boyle -- were congregants of Marysville Baptist Church who filed a lawsuit in April 2020 after they were harassed by Kentucky State Police and threatened with forcible quarantine and prosecution for attending in-person an Easter service.

In a 10-page order issued on May 9, 2020, a three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit agreed to issue a preliminary injunction that blocked Kentucky Gov. Beshear from enforcing his prohibition against in-person worship services due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

In considering the likelihood of success on the merits for the plaintiffs seeking an injunction, the judges determined that "The Governor’s restriction on in-person worship services likely 'prohibits the free exercise' of 'religion' in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments."

Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear was ordered on Monday by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals to pay more than $272,000 in attorneys fees to a trio of church-goers who had sued him in 2020 over his pandemic-related ordered shutdown of in-person religious services, the Daily Caller reported.

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