Posted on 01/04/2019 5:46:35 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
A federal appeals court sided with the Trump administration Friday in a case about the Pentagon's effort to restrict military service by transgender people, but the ruling won't change who can serve or enlist at this point.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled Friday that a lower court judge was wrong to block the Pentagon from implementing plans to restrict the service of transgender individuals. The unsigned ruling will not allow the Pentagon to implement its policy, however, because other judges have entered orders blocking the administration in similar cases.
The administration has already asked the Supreme Court to weigh in. The high court could announce as early as this month if it will do so.
The appeals court ruling said the military's plan appears to rely on the "considered professional judgment" of "appropriate military officials." It noted that the plan "appears to permit some transgender individuals to serve in the military."
Military policy until a few years ago had barred service by transgender individuals. That changed under President Barack Obama's administration. The military announced in 2016 that transgender individuals already serving in the military would be allowed to serve openly. And the military set July 1, 2017, as the date when transgender individuals would be allowed to enlist.
But President Donald Trump's administration delayed the enlistment date, saying the issue needed further study. While that study was ongoing, the president tweeted in late July 2017 that the government would not allow "Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military." He later directed the military to return to its policy before the Obama administration changes.
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More winning! And the inevitable wails from Democrats and the fake news media.
Music to my ears.
I wonder which pair of Sandra Day O’Conners panties Roberts will wear when he rules for the LGBTQWERTY crowd
He inherited her panty drawer from Kennedy when he retired
Everyone knows there are two genders. Unless you ignore biology.
But...but...Liberals are all scien-cy and smart and stuff
I know this, because they keep telling us that
Imagine sending a battalion of transgenders to take out a few hundred enemy combatants? What are the odds of them succeeding in their mission?
I would bet old granny would put up a harder fight.
There countless “genders”, as they are nothing but social-cultural-psychological constructs. The imagination is the only limit.
OTOH, there are two and only two biological “sexes” (setting aside, for the moment, the question of the minuscule number of “intersexuals”).
The terms are not interchangeable. You fall into “their” trap when you use them interchangeably. The resulting confusion makes rational debate impossible. That is the intent.
There are numerous “transgenders”. There are precisely zero “transsexuals”.
our enemies would die....laughing
Just create a tranny Brigade, and all trannies will be assigned to it. Won’t have to worry about bathrooms, dorm rooms, uniform of the day, etc.
Roberts has been compromised by the Clapper/Brennan hack. He should be removed from the court immediately.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled Friday that a lower court judge was wrong to block the Pentagon from implementing plans to restrict the service of transgender individuals. The unsigned ruling will not allow the Pentagon to implement its policy, however, because other judges have entered orders blocking the administration in similar cases.
. . . that a government of the judges, by the judges, for the judges, shall not perish from the earth.
Just keep voting.
When did the Federal courts accept “transgender individuals” as a discrete group?
The surgery alone costs close to a hundred grand - then transgenders can't be deployed overseas because they need to be close to their doctors.
It's insane.
Would the Pentagon approve $100,000 worth of plastic surgery for women soldiers ... and keep them stateside so they can be near their doctors? If so, half the middle class women in the country would be signing up.
Nuttiest 'guilt ridden' scam the left has ever come up with... stupid military - corrupt and on the take? Odd how the press can't see the obvious... it's a financial scam that weakens our readiness...
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