Beshear vetoes several bills. One limits his ability to name a McConnell replacement.

[TexasTowelie]

Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed several bills Monday intended to drain some of his powers, including one that would have stripped his authority to fill a U.S. Senate vacancy.

SB 228, sponsored by Senate President Robert Stivers and supported by U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, would have largely given the power to fill a U.S. Senate vacancy to the political parties until a special election could be held.

When announcing his veto, Beshear talked about the 17th Amendment to the Constitution, which passed in 1911 and enabled the direct election of senators and gave governors the ability to appoint a senator in the event of a vacancy.

Beshear said one of the intents of that amendment was to remove “power from political party bosses.”

Read more: https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article250124719.html

[BComplex]

1. But republicans have super majorities in both houses.

With supermajorities in both the House and the Senate, Republicans will be able to override all of Beshear’s vetoes when they come in for the final two days of the session on March 29 and March 30.

Read more here: https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article250124719.html#storylink=cpy

That means Mitch will, indeed, be able to pick his successor. This is the worst news possible! I hope Beshear makes sure it goes to court, since it's against the 17th Amendment.

[FBaggins]

3. And don't even need it

Veto overrides in KY require just a simple majority

And the 17th amendment verbiage is nonsense. Multiple states have done this and 17A explicitly gives the powe to set up such schemes to the legislature.

[FBaggins]

2. Buried the lede a bit

That’s a bunch of “would have”s before (eight paragraphs in) briefly recognizing that the governor holds little veto power in KY and he’s expected to be quickly overwritten.