(Courtesy of University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law on Facebook) Tabernacle Baptist Church, Nicholasville, Kentucky. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Houses of worship in Kentucky can open their doors Sunday for in-person services after a federal judge ruled against Gov. Andy Beshear’s executive order prohibiting mass gatherings amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A professor at the University of Louisville’s Brandeis School of Law, however, thinks the law was misinterpreted. Play Video 00:00 00:00 space play / pause q unload | stop f fullscreen shift + ← → slower / faster ↑ ↓ volume m mute ← → seek . seek to previous 1 2 … 6 seek to 10%, 20% … 60% "I think the judges have gotten the law wrong," U of L’s Sam Marcosson said. "I think they have completely misapplied the First Amendment and the Exercise Clause." The Free Exercise Clause, which bans the government from interfering with religious practices, except if they break laws, is at the heart of the arguments in U.S. District Court Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove’s ruling against Beshear’s executive order . Tatenhove, of Frankfort, Kentucky, granted Tabernacle Baptist Church of Nicholasville, Kentucky, a temporary restraining order against Beshear’s executive order prohibiting […]
