Summary of Key Points:
The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration’s transgender military ban to take effect, reversing a lower court’s injunction that had paused the ban.
The case in question is Shilling v. United States, which challenges Trump’s January 2025 executive orderbanning transgender individuals from military service.
The order directs the Pentagon to revise its medical standards and revoke previous guidance viewed as inconsistent with “military readiness.”
The Supreme Court’s decision was not unanimous; Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson dissented.
The lower court judge, Benjamin Settle, had blocked the ban, arguing the plaintiffs were likely to
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