Posted on 03/27/2025 6:25:16 AM PDT by Red Badger
(The Epoch Times)—A federal judge on March 26 denied the Trump administration’s motion to dissolve her order that prevents the Pentagon from blocking transgender people from enlisting in the military, which was scheduled to go into effect on Friday.
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes filed a memorandum opinion and order on Wednesday denying the administration’s request to dissolve, or stay pending appeal, her March 18 preliminary injunction halting the new military policy.
The government filed an appeal after Reye’s Wednesday order.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness” on Jan. 27 that says individuals “expressing a false gender identity” do not meet the standards for military service and that “adoption of a gender identity inconsistent with an individual’s sex conflicts with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle.”
On March 18, Reyes ruled that Trump’s order likely violates the constitutional rights of transgender-identifying active-duty service members who challenged the order and could cause them irreparable harm. She agreed to stay the preliminary injunction until March 21 to give the administration enough time to appeal.
“Indeed, the cruel irony is that thousands of transgender service members have sacrificed—some risking their lives—to ensure for others the very equal protection rights the Military Ban seeks to deny them,” Reyes stated in a 79-page ruling.
During a March 21 hearing, Reyes requested that the Department of Defense delay its original March 26 deadline for instituting the policy.
The government filed a motion to dissolve the injunction on March 21 and argued that the policy is not an overarching ban on transgender-identifying people but rather “turns on gender dysphoria–a medical condition–and does not discriminate against trans-identifying persons as a class.”
The administration also asked that if the motion to dissolve is rejected, the court should stay the preliminary injunction pending appeal. It also cited new guidance issued on March 21 that clarified that “the phrase ‘exhibit symptoms consistent with gender dysphoria‘” only applies to “individuals who exhibit such symptoms as would be sufficient to constitute a diagnosis.’”
“Defendants re-emphasize their ‘consistent position that the [Pentagon] Policy is concerned with the military readiness, deployability, and costs associated with a medical condition,’” Reyes wrote.
“Regulating gender dysphoria is no different than regulating bipolar disorder, eating disorders, or suicidality. The Military Ban regulates a medical condition, they insist, not people. And therein lies the problem.
“Gender dysphoria is not like other medical conditions, something Defendants well know,” Reyes wrote. “It affects only one group of people: all persons with gender dysphoria are transgender, and only transgender persons experience gender dysphoria.”
Aldgra Fredly contributed to this report.
Ignore her stupid order.
Force Roberts to get off his dead ass.
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>“adoption of a gender identity inconsistent with an individual’s sex conflicts with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle.”
Lol, great wording.
Renegade judges running the country.
“... thousands of transgender service members have sacrificed...”
Thousands???????????
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Foreign born, lesbian Judge.
We have 700 presidents.
Reject them for “Medically Dependent” and therefore not fit for Military service.
Commander In Chief is not allowed to Command says the lesbian , she/he/it is in Command
IT’S TIME FOR A PRESIDENTAL ADDRESS.
There is no tranny ban. We should stop allowing the left to frame the argument.
There is a standing ban on medically dependent people serving in the military. For example, diabetics can’t serve.
All this does is remove the special exemption for transsexuals who use chronic medication, eg hormone shots, so they are treated the same as everyone else.
Time to dial (202) 224-3121 and tell the Congressional switchboard operator that you didn’t vote for these black-robed tyrants and if Congress doesn’t do something about them, this Congress will be replaced. These judges are blocking American citizens from their duly-elected representation
Insurrection by judges ,arrest them all
i would say is sissies want to join the Marines, let them be put to the REAL test, they’ll proably wished they had never sign up. Just don’t make any allowances for their pendages, their pronouns and make them FIT into the group in the fox hole and fight..fight..fight.. I think they’ll scram.
Abnormal/perverted sexual behavior is not an inherent quality; it is a choice that indicates mental problems. Mental instability is a detriment to the military. Any judge who thinks otherwise is an enemy of this country and should be removed from office.
I would call a press conference and announce that those dead are do to the Judge’s lack of ability and urgency to micro manage the military and she failed. This is what happens when our internal deep state plays their power plays, Americans get killed. Any questions ask the Judge! And walk away.
But that’s just me!
THAT is where Roberts stands, and ONLY Alito and Thomas are Constitution followers on a consistent basis.
Thinking the USSC is impartial is silly.....look at what they HAVEN'T done in the past.
In THIS case, the Judge has no "Standing" or "Jurisdiction", whatsoever, for Military decisions OR preparedness.
So a federal judge decides who can be in the military but not the Commander-in-Chief? This CANNOT stand.
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