The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to enforce a ban on transgender people in the military, one of the Republican president’s executive orders to restrict the rights of transgender people.
In a decision that could lead to thousands of layoffs, the court granted the Justice Department’s request to lift a federal judge’s order blocking the military from enforcing Trump’s ban on transgender members of the military.
U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle had ruled that Trump’s executive order likely violates the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution’s equal protection under the law.
Trump signed an executive order in January after returning to the presidency that reversed a policy implemented under his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, that had allowed transgender people to serve openly in the U.S. military.
Trump’s order characterized the gender identity of transgender people as a lie, and argued that they are unable to meet the required standards for service in the U.S. military.
“A man’s claim to be a woman and his demand that others honor that lie is inconsistent with the humility and selflessness required of a member of the military,” Trump’s order said.
The Pentagon later issued guidelines to implement Trump’s order, barring active-duty soldiers and applicants with a history or diagnosis of gender “disorder” or who had undergone gender transition steps from military service.
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