Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON โ The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to block an order by Kentucky Gov.
Andy Beshear that bars in-person K-12 education until early January in areas hard hit by COVID-19, rejecting a plea from a private religious school.
Gorsuch noted that the governor issued a separate order allowing โvirtually all other in-person activities to continue with only capacity restrictions.
A district court agreed, blocking the order, but the federal appeals court in Cincinnati, Ohio, allowed Beshear's order to remain in effect.
Speaking at a news conference in Kentucky around the time the court ruled, he said: โIn no way were religious schools treated any differently, we asked everybody to make the same sacrifice.โKentucky continues to reel from the pandemic.