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Second Judge Orders Halt to Trump’s Transgender Military Ban

HeadlineNov 22, 2017

And a second federal judge has blocked Donald Trump’s move to bar transgender people from serving in the U.S. military, ruling that the president’s action is likely unconstitutional—and is already causing harm. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Marvin Garbis goes further than an earlier injunction against Trump’s policy by barring the Trump administration from denying funds for gender-affirming surgeries.

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