Supreme Court Lets Trump Discharge Transgender Servicemembers
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Source: Bloomberg
A divided US Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to start discharging thousands of transgender servicemembers, including people who have served openly for years.
Over dissents from the three liberal justices, the court dealt a major blow to LGBTQ rights, pausing a lower court order that had put President Donald Trumps new ban on hold during a legal fight. The court gave no explanation in its one-page order, which applies while the litigation continues.
During Trumps first term, the Supreme Court let an earlier transgender military ban take effect, but the presidents new policy goes further by calling for the expulsion of people who have already transitioned.
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Trump issued his ban through a Jan. 27 executive order, which said expressing a false gender identity conflicts with a soldiers commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle and is not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of a service member.
The challengers in the high court case included seven active-duty servicemembers and a man who says he wants to join the Marines. The group is led by Navy Commander Emily Shilling, who has flown more than 60 combat missions as a pilot. Shilling, who served in both Afghanistan and Iraq and is a Navy test pilot, says the military has spent more than $20 million training her.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-06/supreme-court-lets-trump-discharge-transgender-servicemembers

riversedge
(75,739 posts)This really is a blow to all minority groups==and I say in and out of any service.
It is just a matter of time.
The only thing that can help them now is for Congress to pass a law--and we know that will not happen.
Yikes.
quaint
(3,858 posts)bluestarone
(19,831 posts)Count on it!!
1WorldHope
(1,260 posts)bluestarone
(19,831 posts)I fear ALL decisions from this day on will total destruction of our DEMOCRACY!!
2MuchNoise
(144 posts)wolfie001
(5,044 posts)No other description is necessary. It is what it is. This is because they put the bible above all else. Sick fucks. All 6 of 'em.
orangecrush
(24,770 posts)Start taking trans service members place in combat.