US EditionTrump asks Supreme Court to allow ban on transgender members of the military to take effect, for now
- The Trump administration requested that the Supreme Court allow a ban on transgender individuals in the military to be enforced while legal challenges are ongoing.
- President Donald Trump stated that transgender service members' sexual identity conflicts with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle.
- U.S. District Court Judge Benjamin Settle ruled against the ban, stating it is insulting and discriminatory, affecting careers and reputations.
- A federal judge found that the ban may violate the constitutional rights of active-duty transgender service members and applicants.
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How Appealing Weekly Roundup - Above the Law
Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. “Trump Asks Supreme Court to Revive Ban on Transgender Troops; Lower courts had blocked the policy, saying it was not supported by evidence and violated equal protection principles”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. “The lawyers pushing …
Trump admin asks SCOTUS to allow trans ban on military to go forward
Sauer noted that in 2018, then-Secretary of Defense James Mattis adopted a policy "materially indistinguishable from the one at issue here" that was challenged in courts. "This Court stayed those injunctions."
Government asks Supreme Court to allow ban on trans military to enter into force
The Trump administration on Thursday called on the Supreme Court to allow the U.S. president’s ban on transgender soldiers to be part of the armed forces to enter into force while the lawsuits related to the measure are resolved. A U.S. judge issued a temporary order last month to block the ban, and an appeals court subsequently denied the government’s request to stop the lower court’s order.
Trump DOJ asks U.S. Supreme Court to reverse ruling allowing transgender troops • Oklahoma Voice
The U.S. Supreme Court building. (Photo by Ariana Figueroa/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday to block a lower court’s decision allowing transgender individuals to continue enlisting and serving in the armed forces. Administration officials are seeking a stay of a broad district court ruling in late March that applied to all troops rather than only to those who challenged President Donald …
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