I have been pretty diligent about checking for the ruling from the Kentucky Supreme Court on Governor Andy Beshear’s (D-KY) claim that the state legislature’s changing the law governing his ’emergency’ executive authority is unconstitutional, but, as of yet, I cannot fins anything which states that the Court has ruled.

However, I suspect that the Court has already decided, and that the Democrat-leaning justices were simply unable to find any way to throw out the legislation, and that Governor Beshear has already been informed of the decision:

“Beshear calls on employers to enforce vaccine mandates as COVID-19 cases surge in KY

By Alex Acquisto | August 5, 2021 | 3:29 PM EDT

Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday called on the private sector to enforce COVID-19 vaccine mandates in workplaces, in yet another attempt to convince more people to get inoculated as the virus rages across Kentucky.

“I think the fact is clear that with private-sector leadership, we see more individuals getting vaccinated that we otherwise could not reach as state government,” the governor said during a coronavirus update in the state Capitol. He was joined by leaders of nine health care and hospital systems across Kentucky, each of whom advocated for vaccine requirements among health care workers.

Translation: the Governor wants to force Kentuckians to take the vaccine, under the threat of losing their jobs if they don’t. The vaccines have been available, for free, to all adults since March; if someone hasn’t taken the vaccine yet, it is because he has chosen not to do so.

“This is not a political statement. This is what is right for the lives of the good people of the commonwealth,” said Donald H. Lloyd, president of St. Claire Healthcare in Morehead.

Of course it’s a political statement! A (sort of) non political statement would be a request to the public that more people get vaccinated. The Governor is bringing whatever political power he has to bear to persuade corporations to threaten people’s jobs if they do not kneel before Zod.

The last paragraph in Alex Acquisto’s story tells us exactly how the Governor’s mind works:

“Your kids are not a proxy for a political battle,” Beshear said. “We need to make sure parents are making good decisions for their kids.”

Apparently the Governor believes that he is the one who decides what decisions parents are allowed to take as far as their children are concerned. While I absolutely agree, getting vaccinated is the wise thing to do, I would never attempt to force people to comply. I would ask, I would urge, but, in the end, I accept that people have the right to choose what they put in their bodies.

Governor Beshear would make “your kids” a proxy for a political battle, in that he is asking employers to force employees to take the vaccine, with the penalty for failure to comply being unemployment, and hunger for people’s kids.

The man is scum, plain and simple, scum.