The US Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that it will not block the Trump Administration’s enforcement of its ban on transgender individuals serving in the military, lifting a nationwide injunction previously issued by a federal judge in Washington state. The decision allows the policy to take effect while legal challenges proceed in lower courts.
The Court’s “short order” was issued without explanation, a common practice in emergency rulings.
Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson, the liberals appointed by President Barack Obama and President Joe Biden, dissented.
The policy disqualifies individuals diagnosed with gender dysphoria or those who have undergone gender transition steps from military service, though waivers may be considered on a case-by-case basis. This reverses an Obama-era directive that had been reversed under Trump 1 and that was then reinstated by President Joe Biden, which permitted transgender individuals to serve openly.
The case at the center of the dispute, United States v. Shilling, involves Commander Emily Shilling. US District Judge Benjamin Settle had previously ruled that the ban likely violated the Fifth Amendment’s equal protection guarantee and lacked supporting evidence of harm caused by transgender service.
The Trump Administration argued that the courts must defer to the commander in chief’s authority and military’s determinations about readiness, lethality, and unit cohesion.
This decision reflects the Supreme Court’s long-standing deference to military policy, allowing actions within the armed forces that might be deemed unconstitutional in civilian contexts. Past precedents, including Goldman v. Weinberger and Rostker v. Goldberg, have upheld similar military-specific restrictions.
The Supreme Court’s order is not a final decision on the policy’s legality but does clear the way for its enforcement while lawsuits proceed in the lower courts. There are at least seven transgender service members who are suing to remain in the military.
Good riddance.
At a time when any loser flunkie is being recruited, they drew the line at gender-bending clothes? Not child porn, human trafficking and drugs?
I have never seen fatter, stupider recruits. Rode with an entire airplane of them from Anchorage and I can easily say— I can’t imagine a man in dress would be any worse than what we have now.
Good. Their mental illness and its delusion is too severe to allow them to serve in the military. Their judgement is questionable, as a result.
Good.
If they are confused about what sex they are, they may be confused about which country they serve.
Keep mental illness out of the military. Only PTSD is allowed. Booya!
Another bit of sanity returned to our country, courtesy of Trump.
If the Cackling Ho had been installed instead, we would only have seen an escalation in the ‘woke’ insanity.
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Kamala would have insisted on recruiting ONLY DEI and the gender confused individuals.
3,2,1….. Whidbey tears.
Last time I checked, there were always disqualifying factors for military service. I don’t see a mental illness that results in self harm and physical mutilation of healthy organs as any different than disqualification for any other reason.
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No matter how hard the left tries to ‘normalize’ it, gender dysphoria remains a mental illness. And it is a significant disrupting illness. One that can turn an organized unit into a dysfunctional one.
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Of course, the leftists will insist that it is because of bigotry, hate, and transphobia. Only one stupid enough to to be ‘woke’ will outright ignore human nature to that extent.
The Supreme Court does NOT tell the President what he can or cannot do, the Constitution does.
When the SCOTUS starts ruling contrary to the Constitution, which it has done in recent times, the only defense of the Constitution lies in the hands of the people. I stand with President Trump and the MAGA agenda. The court better do their job per the US Constitution which they took an oath to do, or, let’s not end up with that scenario!
Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson are a good excuse to repeal the 19th Amendment.
Their votes will cement their legacy in stone just the same as the nutcases that appointed them.