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Title: Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene so Pentagon can fire trans troops
Post by: Jessica_Rose on August 28, 2026, 12:35:43 PM
Post by: Jessica_Rose on August 28, 2026, 12:35:43 PM
Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene ahead of trial so the Pentagon can fire transgender troops
https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/talbott-trans-military-supreme-court
Christopher Wiggins (28 Aug 2026)
The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to clear the way for the Pentagon to fire decorated transgender troops who have so far beaten the government in court. The Department of Justice is asking the high court to intervene before a judge can hold a trial on whether the ban forcing them out is constitutional.
In a Friday petition, the administration called the D.C. Circuit's ruling in the Talbott litigation "gravely erroneous." It argues that Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth's policy regulates gender dysphoria and related medical treatment, not transgender people, and therefore needs only a rational connection to military readiness to survive constitutional review.
That description has failed to persuade two courts. In June, a divided D.C. Circuit panel preserved an injunction protecting the currently serving plaintiffs from discharge. Judges Robert Wilkins and Judith Rogers concluded that the plaintiffs were likely to win because the policy appeared rooted in hostility rather than military necessity. Wilkins wrote that it appeared driven by a "bare desire to harm" transgender people.
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes earlier called the ban "soaked in animus and dripping with pretext" and "a solution in search of a problem." Reyes has since certified a class of transgender service members and prospective troops. A two-week trial is scheduled to begin on January 4.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/talbott-trans-military-supreme-court
Christopher Wiggins (28 Aug 2026)
The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to clear the way for the Pentagon to fire decorated transgender troops who have so far beaten the government in court. The Department of Justice is asking the high court to intervene before a judge can hold a trial on whether the ban forcing them out is constitutional.
In a Friday petition, the administration called the D.C. Circuit's ruling in the Talbott litigation "gravely erroneous." It argues that Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth's policy regulates gender dysphoria and related medical treatment, not transgender people, and therefore needs only a rational connection to military readiness to survive constitutional review.
That description has failed to persuade two courts. In June, a divided D.C. Circuit panel preserved an injunction protecting the currently serving plaintiffs from discharge. Judges Robert Wilkins and Judith Rogers concluded that the plaintiffs were likely to win because the policy appeared rooted in hostility rather than military necessity. Wilkins wrote that it appeared driven by a "bare desire to harm" transgender people.
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes earlier called the ban "soaked in animus and dripping with pretext" and "a solution in search of a problem." Reyes has since certified a class of transgender service members and prospective troops. A two-week trial is scheduled to begin on January 4.