Trump administration asks Supreme Court to uphold ban on transgender troops

An appeals court judge wrote that policy seemed to be “driven by the bare desire to harm a politically unpopular group.”

“If allowed to stand, the court of appeals’ decision would represent an ‘unprecedented intervention into military affairs,’”Solicitor General D. John Sauer wrote to the justices.

The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow the Pentagon to ban transgender individuals from serving in the military.

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow the Pentagon to enforce a ban on transgender troops serving in the military, rocketing the issue up to the high court for a second time.   The petition asks the justices to weigh whether the ban is constitutional and reverse an appeals court decision that bl

Trump asks Supreme Court to uphold military’s ban on transgender service members  CNN

President Trump issued an executive order barring transgender service members from the military as part of a broader attack on transgender rights.