Saturday, December 23, 2017

Appeals court refuses to delay January 1 start date for transgender people enlisting in military 2 hours ago

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Trump’s ban on transgender troops keeps losing in court.

A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration’s request to stay a ruling against President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender military service — meaning that openly trans people may be allowed to enlist in the military starting on January 1.

The order is just the latest in several legal battles against Trump’s ban on trans troops. Courts had already put the ban on hold, but the administration had tried to appeal the rulings to get those holds lifted until the legal battles ended. The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit rejected that request, leaving the hold in place and — if further appeal efforts, including to the US Supreme Court, fail — making it much more likely that trans people will soon be allowed to sign up for the military.

The court did not give an explanation for its decision.

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https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/12/21/16807442/trump-transgender-military-ban-appeals-court

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