Thanks. This leaves open the questions of whether the Congress can modify this, and, regardless, whether the judicial branch can review, which I suspect it can. The fact that there was no challenge to Truman’s actions doesn’t mean there cannot be one.
Would Trump’s policy survive a 14th Amendment challenge? It would probably depend upon the reasons for it. Could the POTUS remove all minorities from the military? I doubt it.
Pardon my ignorance here, but how does “trans” differ from “gay”? I assume gays are not affected by this.
This does not effect Gay members at all to my understanding. There have always been gay members of the military service, sometimes closeted, sometimes openly. The rules on fraternization are the same for all service persons.
Trans individuals need special accommodation and cause stress by wanting to use the opposite sex facilities in addition to the need for drug therapy and ongoing dilatations etc.