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Guess what, no one has a "right" to serve in the military, so this lawsuit is a joke that will be tossed out quickly."Defense Secretary James Mattis on Tuesday announced the creation of a panel to recommend how the military should put President Donald Trump's new transgender military guidance into effect."
It shouldn’t be put into effect at all – that’s the best and only decision consistent with the Constitution.
Meanwhile…
‘The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender individuals joining the military.
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The lawsuit alleges Trump’s policy violates the equal protection rights of transgender service members who now have “grave reason to fear for their careers.”’
ACLU Files Lawsuit Over Transgender Military Ban
A US federal judge has temporarily blocked Donald Trump's attempt to bar transgender people from the military. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly overruled a presidential memo issued by Mr Trump, which sought to reverse an Obama administration policy change. Ms Kollar-Kotelly's injunction returns the US military to the status quo - allowing transgender personnel to serve openly and new recruits to join up. The case was filed against in August by a group of unnamed plaintiffs. The judge agreed with the plaintiffs' assertion that the president's directives were "not genuinely based on legitimate concerns regarding military effectiveness or budget constraints, but are instead driven by a desire to express disapproval of transgender people generally".
Mr Trump has said transgender people should not serve in the military "in an capacity"
She went on to say that the president's reasons for seeking to ban transgender personnel in July "do not appear to be supported by any facts" and had been rejected by the military. Judge Kollar-Kotelly ruled against a second injunction sought by the plaintiffs, over a Trump directive prohibiting the use of military resources to fund sex reassignment surgical procedures.
She said the court did not have jurisdiction to grant the injunction because no plaintiff demonstrated that they would be substantially affected by the prohibition. A June 2016 policy change by the Obama administration allowed transgender military personnel to serve openly and set a one-year deadline for the military to begin allowing new recruits. In July 2017 the military delayed the accession part of the policy by six months, saying it needed more time to prepare.
Judge halts US transgender military ban
Trump announced in an August memo that he intended to reverse course on a 2016 policy that allowed troops to serve openly as transgender individuals. He said he would order a return to the policy prior to June 2016, under which service members could be discharged for being transgender.
Transgender soldier Capt. Jennifer Peace holds a flag as she stands for a photo near her home in Spanaway, Wash.
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly wrote Monday that transgender members of the military who had sued over the change were likely to win their lawsuit and barred the Trump administration from reversing course.
DC Court Bars Trump from Reversing Transgender Troops Policy | Military.com
It makes sense to define it very specifically since there are apparently at least 37 different variations of gender confusion.
"Defense Secretary James Mattis on Tuesday announced the creation of a panel to recommend how the military should put President Donald Trump's new transgender military guidance into effect."
It shouldn’t be put into effect at all – that’s the best and only decision consistent with the Constitution.
Meanwhile…
‘The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender individuals joining the military.
[…]
The lawsuit alleges Trump’s policy violates the equal protection rights of transgender service members who now have “grave reason to fear for their careers.”’
ACLU Files Lawsuit Over Transgender Military Ban
