Supreme Court allows Trump to impose trans military ban

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump to impose his ban on trans people who served in the military.

The judge approved an urgent request from the Trump administration to lift the national ban as the lawsuit continues to prevent the policy.

The court's brief order stated that the three liberal judges disagreed.

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"There is no longer a transnational defense ministry," Hegseth said in a video. "Before the release of the decision, Hegseth said in a video, "There is no more clothes."

Although some activists have a much higher number, there are currently only over 4,000 transgender people currently serving in the military, according to the Department of Defense. There are approximately 2.1 million active service members in total.

Among those affected are seven trans service members, led by Navy Commander Emily Shilling, who has filed to stop it.

"For years, trans service members have served this country with courage, skill and selflessness," Shilling said in a statement Tuesday. "We have performed combat missions, led sailors, commanded troops and set charts. We are not a theory. We are not a policy debate. We are real people, doing real work to defend the country we still believe in, even if it strives to believe in us."

She added: "I know this decision will cause fear and suspicion in the hierarchy. For those who are shocked, I say: Stand high. You are not alone. You are part of a community that will fight for you, stand by you and never stop moving forward."

Lambda Legal, two groups representing the plaintiffs, and the Human Rights Movement Foundation said in a joint statement that the Supreme Court's ruling was a "devastating blow" to trans service members.

They added that the policy “has nothing to do with military preparation, it has to do with bias.”

In another case, a judge in Washington, D.C. also blocked national policy, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit temporarily put the ruling on hold while hearing arguments about whether to block the ruling more permanently. The court has not ruled yet.

The policy was announced in February, which is more comprehensive than similar proposals implemented during the first Trump period. "It is usually the qualification of military service personnel who suffer from gender dysphoria or who receives gender dysphoria," Attorney General D. John Sauer said in court documents.

When requesting the Supreme Court to intervene, Thor said the judge must express “significant respect” for the Defense Ministry’s decision on military issues.

In implementing the policy, the administration relied on the Pentagon report for the first Trump term, which said gender-irritated people posed a threat to “military effectiveness and fatality.”

The challenger argued in court that the injunction violated Article 14 of the Constitution, which requires that the law also apply to all persons and other constitutional provisions.

In recent years, trans service members have shown that they can serve the same services as everyone else, their lawyers said in court documents. Then-President Joe Biden shrank Trump's early restrictions.

“The degree of hostility to trans people is what makes trans people animation and permeate the ban: it is based on the shocking claim that trans people do not exist,” the lawyer wrote.

A federal judge in Washington state blocked the policy on March 27, saying "this is not a particular issue." The San Francisco-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit refused to shelve the ruling, prompting the Trump administration to turn to the Supreme Court.