SCOTUS upholds Trump's transgender military ban

 

The U.S. Supreme Court allowed Donald Trump to implement his ban on transgender people serving in the military.

The justices granted an emergency request from the Trump Administration to lift a nationwide injunction blocking the policy while litigation continues. The court's brief order noted that the three liberal justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson indicated they would have denied Trump's request for a stay.

The case was filed by a group of seven transgender service members and one transgender person who wishes to enlist in the United States Marine Corps.

There are just over 4,000 transgender people currently serving in the military, according to Defense Department data, though some activists put the figure at much higher. There are around 2.1 million active service members in total.

"No more trans @ DoD," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a post on X. In a separate Defense Department post, before the decision was issued, Hegseth was seen in a video saying: "No more dudes in dresses. We are done with that s---."

In a joint statement, Lambda Legal and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, groups representing the transgender service members challenging Trump’s ban, called the ruling “a devastating blow” to trans troops “who have demonstrated their capabilities and commitment to our nation’s defense.” 

“By allowing this discriminatory ban to take effect while our challenge continues, the Court has temporarily sanctioned a policy that has nothing to do with military readiness and everything to do with prejudice,” the groups said.

Let's wait for the final sentence, but it does not looks well.