The divided US Supreme Court on Tuesday (6 May) allowed the ban on the transgender of the individuals who served in the army and exposed thousands of active units at risk of removal. The decision of the Court of Justice remains a preliminary order of the lower court, which has previously blocked the ban while legal battles are taking place.
Three liberal judges of the Court – Sotomayor, Kagan and Jackson – have dropped out of a decision that is the main victory for Trump, when he proceeds to a wider return of Transgender’s rights during his second term.
Trump: “False gender identity” inappropriate for the military
In the executive order 27 of January, Trump claimed that the expression of a gender identity different from the biological sex of a person disqualifies a person from military service.
“Expressing a false” gender identity “different from the sex of an individual cannot satisfy the strict standards necessary for military service,” Trump said.
Shortly thereafter, the Pentagon issued a note that strengthened the ban, suggesting that Transgender staff could be released if it was not awarded. This policy also blocks new transgender recruits from connection to the army.
Pentagon Memo focuses on those with sex dysphoria
According to the higher defense official, 4,240 service members have been diagnosed since the end of last year. The Pentagon note focuses on this group, including those that have a history or related symptoms. This policy allows exceptions only through an exception to the case from the case, which effectively narrows the path to the individual’s transgender to serve.
Policy is changing with changing management
The legal and political landscape around the Transgender Military Service has been volatile in the last decade. The ban was originally canceled in 2016 under former President Barack Obama, which allowed Transgender’s soldiers to serve openly and set the timeline to start recruiting transgender.
Trump’s administration, however, delayed this plan before it reversed it. After several legal challenges and rewriting the Trump version policy, the ban eventually came into force in April 2019.
President Joe Biden turned this ban shortly after joining office in 2021 and restored the open service for the transgender unit. After his re -election, however, Trump restored the ban and fulfilled the promise of the campaign to reduce Transgender Rights across federal institutions.
Wider culture of war over Transgender Rights
Transgender problems remain a flash in American politics, while red and blue states are sharply divided into related policies. In recent years, political debate has intensified from medical care confirming gender -confirming prohibitions in schools.
Trump’s return to the White House has renewed pressure to limit Transgender Rights in and outside the military.
“We must ensure that our army is focused on readiness and not social experimentation,” Trump said during the assembly at the beginning of this year.
The last step of the Supreme Court will not end the legal battle for a ban, but allows to carry out controversial policy, while the case is carried out through lower courts.
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