The Kentucky House committee tasked with deciding whether to advance an impeachment petition against Gov. Andy Beshear is awaiting additional information
Petition to remove Gov. Beshear goes before committee
and last updated 2021-01-27 23:35:47-05
(LEX 18) â The petition to remove Gov. Andy Beshear from office went before the House Impeachment Committee on Wednesday. However, the committee has still not indicated whether it will dismiss the petition or allow it to move forward.
The petition was filed by four citizens who are unhappy with the governor s actions in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The petition states Beshear violated the rights of millions of Kentuckians by imposing lockdowns orders that denied Kentuckians the right and usage of their businesses, their personal freedoms, the freedom of movement, of conscience, of worship, of the ability to gather and speak and protest.
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The impeachment petition filed against Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear continues to drag through the legislative process while petitions against Republican officials haven’t been heard yet.
After meeting for two and a half hours behind closed doors, the Kentucky House of Representatives Impeachment Committee emerged to say that one of the four citizens who filed the petition against Beshear earlier this month wanted to be removed from it.
Rep. Jason Nemes, a Repubilcan from Louisville and the committee’s chair, said the committee took no action except deciding to send Beshear a letter “seeking a little bit of additional information.”
Originally published on January 24, 2021 10:51 am
Gov. Andy Beshear is asking a legislative committee to dismiss an impeachment petition against him. Petitioners say Beshear violated the Kentucky Constitution when he imposed restrictions during the pandemic, including mandatory closures of non-essential businesses.
“The Petition cites no facts and little law in a last-ditch effort to upend our constitutional separation of powers, hoping the General Assembly will ignore the judgments of the judicial branch as well as the will of the people in electing their chief executive,” the response reads.
The four petitioners are Jacob Clark of Grayson County, Tony Wheatley of Mercer County, Randall Daniel of Bullitt County and Andrew Cooperrider of Fayette County. They say Beshear violated their Constitutional rights, including the right to freedom of assembly and religious freedom, with his executive orders temporarily closing businesses and churches to in-person worship.