Trump’s transgender troop ban meets an immediate legal smackdown
The first lawsuits challenging Trump’s transgender military ban landed on August 9, and they landed hard. Plaintiffs and advocacy groups argued that the president’s tweet-driven policy was discriminatory, arbitrary, and unsupported by any serious military process. The backlash was fast because the policy was fast: announced without a proper record, then defended afterward as if the legal system would just shrug and move on.
The first lawsuits challenging Trump’s transgender military ban landed on August 9, and they landed hard. Plaintiffs and advocacy groups argued that the president’s tweet-driven policy was discriminatory, arbitrary, and unsupported by any serious military process. The backlash was fast because the policy was fast: announced without a proper record, then defended afterward as if the legal system would just shrug and …
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