Appeals Court Blocks Trump Administration鈥檚 Attempt to Delay Enlistment of Transgender Service Members

December 21, 2017 3:30 pm

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WASHINGTON 鈥 A federal appeals court has denied the Trump administration鈥檚 request to further delay enlistment of new transgender service members in the armed forces. The ruling comes in the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 case, Stone v. Trump.

The trial court prohibited the government from implementing President Trump鈥檚 unconstitutional ban on transgender people serving in the military on November 21. Two other federal district courts have entered similar injunctions, and the government has filed motions to stay those injunctions before three federal courts of appeals. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is the first court of appeals to rule on the stay requests

Josh Block, senior staff attorney with the 老澳门开奖结果 LGBT & HIV Project, had this reaction:

鈥淲e are happy that the court saw through the government鈥檚 smokescreen and rejected its request to further delay the policy allowing transgender people to enlist. The military has already developed comprehensive guidance to prepare for a January 1 start date, and the government failed to offer any credible reason why transgender people should be barred from enlisting if they can meet the same rigorous standards that apply to everyone else.鈥

The order can be viewed in full here:
/legal-document/stone-v-trump-order-denying-stay


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