Democratic Governor, Laura Kelly, won a ruling from the Kansas Supreme Court Saturday that says she holds Sweeping Powers to shut down operations in the State, including large Church services, in the face of a public health crisis. The High Court said that a panel of Legislative Leaders lacked the power to reverse Kelly’s controversial limits on Church and Funeral services. She had said the action was needed to respond to the spread of COVID 19.
The Court took pains to say it only looked at what powers Legislators had surrendered to the Governor to deal with the pandemic after they took a recess in early stages of the disease spreading through Kansas. The ruling made clear the Justices would not weigh in on the issue of whether Kelly violated Religious Freedoms protected by the First Amendment in her order.
At issue was whether the Legislative Coordinating Council, or LCC, overstepped by trying to squash the Governor’s ban on large religious services.
