The Kansas legislature has demonstrated how interposition works by revoking Governor Laura Kelley’s draconian order regarding churches being allowed only ten people to gather. Here is the story from the Wichita Eagle (which not surprisingly blackballs the legislators as they haven’t gone with the media’s narrative of fear, hysteria, and tyranny).
Easter looming, Kansas Republican leaders on Wednesday revoked Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s order limiting religious gatherings to 10 people as the state’s coronavirus death toll jumped 40 percent.
House and Senate leaders — meeting as a body called the Legislative Coordinating Council — voted along party lines to throw out the directive. Their decision came as the number of reported COVID-19 cases in the state climbed to more than 1,000 and the death count ticked up to 38.
Kelly denounced the legislators’ decision at a late afternoon press conference, calling it “shockingly irresponsible” and one likely to cost lives.
She said she instructed her legal counsel to explore a court challenge. According to the governor, it was unclear whether an overall statewide ban on mass gatherings of more than 10 people remained in effect.
“There are real life consequences to the partisan games Republicans played today,” Kelly said.
Her order had sparked strong backlash among Republicans and religious liberty advocates, who condemned it as a violation of foundational freedoms and… [click here for the rest of the article]
