"We have a Constitution. And we have to follow that Constitution. And the President has drifted away from it," Powell, a retired general who served under President George W. Bush, told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union."
Beshear said the new executive order tweaks some of his previous restrictions and is similar to travel restrictions issued by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine.
Cameron said that Beshear should allow in-person church service to resume consistent with Centers for Disease Control guidelines and the constitution.
The lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court asks a judge to declare Beshear’s orders on church gatherings unconstitutional and rule they can’t be enforced.
The Rev. Jack Roberts, pastor at Maryville Baptist Church, said by phone that he still plans to hold in-person Bible study Wednesday night -- even after getting orders not to.
Leaders say they are apprehensive of taking on the issue before the Supreme Court rules on related cases this summer.
Franklin County commissioners recently adopted what they call the Second Amendment Preservation Act.
