D.C. appeals court keeps Trump's transgender military ban in place despite one judge's blistering dissent

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D.C. appeals court keeps Trump’s transgender military ban in place despite one judge’s blistering dissent
The Advocate

A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., has handed the Trump administration a major win in its effort to purge transgender people from the U.S. military, ordering that a nationwide block on the ban remain on hold while the case continues.

In a two-to-one, 52-page ruling issued Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said the Pentagon can keep enforcing its 2025 policy, which bars transgender individuals from service, while the government appeals a lower court ruling against the ban. The judges dissolved a short-term administrative stay they put in place in March and replaced it with a full stay pending appeal of U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes’s injunction.

The panel consists of Circuit Judges Gregory Katsas and Neomi Rao, both appointed by President Donald Trump, and Circuit Judge Cornelia Pillard, appointed by President Barack Obama. Katsas, joined by Rao, wrote a concurring statement explaining why they believe the policy is likely legal. Pillard filed a blistering dissent.

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