Posted on 03/19/2019 3:10:32 PM PDT by Revel
A federal judge on Wednesday affirmed her injunction preventing President Trump’s transgender military policy from taking effect remains in place days after the Pentagon released a memo to implement the policy.
In a three-page order, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia wrote that “defendants were incorrect in claiming that there was no longer an impediment to the military’s implementation of the [transgender policy] in this case.”
Asked whether the order will affect plans to implement the policy April 12, a Pentagon spokeswoman said the department is “consulting with the Department of Justice on next steps.”
The spokeswoman referred further comment to the Justice Department, which declined to comment.
Last week, acting Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist signed a memo implementing a policy that would ban most transgender people from serving in the military. The memo makes the policy effective April 12.
The memo came roughly a week after a federal court ruled to lift the last of the injunctions preventing Trump’s policy from taking effect.
A federal judge in Maryland ruled he had no choice but to the lift the injunction after the Supreme Court in February ruled 5-4 to lift two other injunction.
But advocates for transgender troops and the Trump administration continued to fight over whether a fourth injunction remained in place despite the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia’s ruling to lift it.
The plaintiffs in that lawsuit argued the injunction still holds until they decide whether they want a rehearing in front of the appeal court’s full bench. The deadline for them to decide is March 29.
In Tuesday’s court order, Kollar-Kotelly agreed, saying the D.C. Circuit Court’s judgment is not final until it issues a mandate after the deadline passes
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She’s 75-years old. Time to retire and let trump replace her. Nice 40-year old conservative judge.
it means, “in case you missed it.” Most of these acronyms are easily identified when you search for them.
Democrats definitely will.
Agreed but is there a recourse around the courts without violating laws that dems will jupp all over?
USSC ruled on it?
I don’t know a whole lot about the federal court system so i’m not putting anymore cents in :)
ICYMI = not a real acronym.
4 names?
Hyphenated name. All you need to know.
TYVMIRAI
I understood that. I’m getting good at this.
The judge is trying to drag it out as long as possible until the hammer comes down and the decision is reversed. That’s what these kinds of judges do ... roadblock after roadblock, to slow down Trump’s progress ... which is inevitable, in any case.
The supremes ruled that Trump can proceed with his tranny ban. You oppose that?
She was and doesn’t seem to care.
I don’t remember electing her POTUS either.
“Actually it would seem that I did miss it. What’s up? “
A massive conspiracy of high treason(multiple plots to overthrow a lawfully elected POTUS). So large now it includes sitting ‘ambassadors’. No one has been brought to justice, either. Mueller is still on the hunt(coup). The radical left in charge of social media and big tech are starting to censor deplorables in earnest. Fox is in enemy hands and tacking hard to the left. The dems and GOP are united against PDJT and now the courts are increasing their unconstitutional edicts.
Almost like this crap is being coordinated from behind the scenes /roll eyes
“Agreed but is there a recourse around the courts without violating laws”
The courts are violating the law—the Constitution of the United States and the separation of powers.
The dems will impeach PDJT for anything.
Tell the judge to stuff it. No one elected these guys.
Yes, since it isn’t their call.
It is just a temporary technicality.
The judge can’t revoke the injunction until the plaintiff has had a certain time to review the case (by March 29th) - so the injunction technically is still in force.
The fact that it was overruled means that there is no mystery about the outcome, just the effective date.
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