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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums**Breaking - Federal Judge Blocks White House Policy Barring Transgender Troops
A United States district court judge has blocked a White House policy barring military service by transgender troops.
In July, President Trump announced on Twitter that the United States Government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military. A presidential memorandum said the military could discharge transgender service members by March 2018.
But in the case brought by a transgender service member, the judge issued an injunction Monday, saying The effect of the Courts Order is to revert to the status quo.
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia wrote Monday that transgender members of the military who had sued over the change were likely to win their lawsuit and barred the Trump administration from reversing course.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/us/federal-judge-blocks-white-house-policy-barring-transgender-troops.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&mtrref=t.co
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**Breaking - Federal Judge Blocks White House Policy Barring Transgender Troops (Original Post)
HipChick
Oct 2017
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)1. Enjoy judges who are not sycophant piles of shit while you can...
Great news but I take every opportunity I can to remind people that not only is there a fucking GRAND CANYON of difference between trump and clinton but the justice system will be completely broken for 50 years soon due to what happened last November.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)3. Exactly - Elections have consequences..
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)2. I look forward to reading this opinion
CurtEastPoint
(18,663 posts)4. Poor 45. He is having a sad and awful, terrible, mean day.... HA! Fucker.
AJT
(5,240 posts)5. Does this mean they have not been turned?
procon
(15,805 posts)6. Who is the legal genius advising Trump that this blatant discrimination is foolproof?
Whoever it is, they should probably look for another line of work.
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)7. Great news!
dpd3672
(82 posts)8. Kind of a technical question
but would a civilian court have jurisdiction here?
It seems like someone in the service would have to challenge this in a military court, but I might be understanding the process incorrectly.
maryellen99
(3,789 posts)9. And didnt he only announce that policy
Because that was the day Manafort was raided by the FBI?