Impeachment petitioners say legislature must act where Kentucky Supreme Court failed
Three Kentucky citizens demanding the impeachment of Gov. Andy Beshear say a unanimous state Supreme Court ruling in favor of the governor's COVID-19 shutdowns does not relieve the General Assembly of its obligation to remove him.
The petitioners' formal response to Beshear's defense was filed Tuesday and obtained exclusively by The State Journal. In his own 45-page document filed Friday and first reported by The State Journal, Beshear called the impeachment petition a "vendetta" by disgruntled political activists and leaned heavily on the Supreme Court's endorsement of his executive powers during a public health emergency.
But three of the petitioners — Jacob Clark of Grayson County, Tony Wheatley of Mercer County and Andrew Cooperrider of Fayette County — argue that the legislature is constitutionally bound to act independent of the judicial branch, which they called a "#TeamKentucky cheerleader," referencing the Supreme Court's use of Beshear's social media slogan during the pandemic.
A fourth person, Randall Daniel of Bullitt County who signed the original petition did not sign the latest document, saying he hadn't had an opportunity to thoroughly review it.
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(Frankfort State-Journal)
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