Posted on 02/18/2025 1:51:05 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
A federal judge appears poised to block the Trump administration if the Department of Defense attempts to place limitations on or ban transgender service members.
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes is still hearing arguments Tuesday in the case but signaled deep skepticism with the claim that transgender service members lessen the military’s lethality or readiness.
“You and I both agree that the greatest fighting force that world history has ever seen is not going to be impacted in any way by less than 1% of the soldiers using a different pronoun than others might want to call them. Would you agree with that?” Judge Reyes asked during a hearing this morning.
“No, Your Honor, I'm not. I can't agree with that,” a lawyer for the Department of Justice responded.
At issue is Trump’s Jan. 27 executive order that directed the DOD to update its guidance "regarding trans-identifying medical standards for military service and to rescind guidance inconsistent with military readiness.
Reyes also raised concerns about the wording of the executive order, which she criticized for being intentionally imprecise and a pretext for a ban on transgender soldiers.
“If we had President Trump here right now, and I said to him, 'Is this a transgender ban?' What do you think he would say?” Reyes asked.
“I have no idea, Your Honor,” said DOJ attorney Jason Lynch.
“I do. He would say, 'Of course it is.' Because he calls it a transgender ban, because all the language in it is indicative,” Reyes said.
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How will removing mentally ill service members do anything other than improve readiness?
The judge is willing to let someones son or daughter die to combat unreadiness to support that 1%
Also the military is mostly the executives authority, there many rights denied to service members in the name of combat readiness and cohesion.
Good order and discipline require and even handed approach to all service members. Any time you try to interject special treatment for any reason it is prejudicial to good order in the military.
This is another activist pretending to be a Judge
When some 400lb trainee has a heart attack in Basic, the Army can put his coffin right in U.S. Judge Ana Reyes' courtroom.
This "judge" needs to see a doctor about getting her Cranial Rectitis treated.
Unadulterated Animus would be an Executive Order for Global “Transgender-cide”.
But Trump is a better President than I would be.
So this judge fancies herself the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs?
Judge wants more blood on his hands. War is not a playground, where feelings and emotions of all need to be considered. If judge can’t tell the difference he has no wisdom, nor common sense.
“You and I both agree that the greatest fighting force that world history has ever seen is not going to be impacted in any way by less than 1% of the soldiers using a different pronoun than others might want to call them.”
Well, for a start, forcing the other 99% to use those “different pronouns” is likely to be impactful, don’t you think, Judge? Otherwise, why are you so concerned?
the constitution is clear, the president is the head of the military and can do whatever the hell he wants with it.
“And you would agree that together, the plaintiffs have made America safer?” Reyes asked. “I would agree, yes,” Lynch said.
Doesn't sound like this attorney had much motivation to argue against this.
The judge is willing to give aid and comfort to the domestic and foreign enemies of the United States. The Constitution has a word for that. The judge needs to be removed and then tried, convicted, and sentenced.
How about removing mentally ill judges? How do you do that?
Ana Cecilia Reyes (born 1974) is an Uruguayan-born American lawyer who has served as United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia since 2023. She was nominated to the position by President Joe Biden; and is both the first Latina and the first openly LGBT person to serve as a district court judge in Washington, D.C.Early life and education[edit] Reyes was born in 1974 in Montevideo, Uruguay. She moved to Spain, and later immigrated to Louisville, Kentucky.
THEY WANT TO HAVE THE USA PAY FOR ALL THEIR SURGERY, ALSO
Ana Cecilia Reyes (born 1974) is an Uruguayan-born American lawyer who has served as United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia since 2023. She was nominated to the position by President Joe Biden; and is both the first Latina and the first openly LGBT person to serve as a district court judge in Washington, D.C.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_C._Reyes
No conflicts of interest here. /sarc
District Judge Ana Reyes, Lesbo faggot from Uruguay then Spain. Harvard.... Biden.
Just ignore her stupid deviant foreign ass. The President is Commander in Chief and there is no way someone with a medical condition like that can be forced into the military.
Sicko.
Foreign-born Gay judge appointed by Biden. It’s a good thing, per the Chief Justice, that federal judges play it straight no matter who appointed them, or we might start getting concerned over what looks like some serious judge shopping going on in these 70+ cases.
It is not good to have mentally ill people in the service.
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