Federal Appeals Court Sacks Trump’s Trans Service Member Ban
Another day, another federal court stuffed with activist judges who believe their rulings should be based on hurting President Donald Trump. On Monday, a federal appeals court ruled 2-1 that portions of the Trump administration’s policy of not admitting trans people into military service were unlawful. Oh, and contained “animus” or something. “The record shows that the purpose of the Hegseth Policy is to target applicants and servicemembers who express what the Administration believes is a ‘false gender identity,’ and the Policy goes far beyond disqualifying persons currently or recently suffering from gender dysphoria,” the decision says. “Some of those disqualifications are completely unexplained and have no reasonable justification.”
Hows this for justification. The military has been working endlessly for years to stamp out sexual harrassment and assault. Now some bozo judges with TDS want to allowed gender confused people into the military? Serving in the military is not a right, it’s a privilege that not everyone enjoys or should enjoy. What’s next – a court ruling that people with diabetes and heart disease should be allowed to serve? Or one that says the military’s physical standards ‘discriminate against overweight people’?
BREAKING: In a 2-1 ruling, a federal appeals court finds the Trump administration policy to ban transgender individuals from serving in the US military is unconstitutional.
From Judge Roger Wilkins who wrote the majority opinion:
"The Hegseth policy is both arbitrary and based…
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Trump’s Ban Remains in Place for Now
In any event, the appeals panel left Trump’s ban on enlisting new transgendered troops stand for now, so there’s that.
🚨 In a 2-1 vote, the D.C. Circuit blocks the Trump administration from removing transgender troops already serving in the military, but allows restrictions on new transgender recruits while the lawsuit continues. pic.twitter.com/bPKnIS7zcR
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