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D.C. Court Rules For Trump’s Transgender Military Ban

HeadlineJan 07, 2019

In Washington, D.C., a court of appeals ruled in favor of President’s Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military. The decision overturned an earlier ruling by a D.C. federal judge blocking the policy for being unconstitutional. The ban, which seeks to restrict military service for transgender people who experience gender dysphoria, replaced an earlier ban on all transgender service members that was announced in July 2017. Other injunctions against the ban are still in effect. The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to take on the case.

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