Judge denies Pentagon bid to delay Jan. 1 deadline to accept transgender recruits

By Ann E. Marimow and Spencer S. Hsu
The Washington Post
December 11, 2017 at 1:40 PM

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/judge-denies-pentagon-bid-to-delay-jan-1-deadline-to-accept-transgender-recruits/2017/12/11/820d6d4e-dc58-11e7-b1a8-62589434a581_story.html?utm_term=.a22d1531213c

A federal judge on Monday denied the Trump administration's request to delay an order requiring the military to begin accepting transgender recruits starting Jan. 1 saying the argument for more time seemed based on "vague claims."

"The Court is not persuaded that Defendants will be irreparably injured by" meeting the New Year's Day deadline, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly wrote.

The ruling from Kollar-Kotelly of the District of Columbia follows her earlier opinion blocking the president's ban on military recruitment of transgender men and women that possibly would have forced the dismissal of current service members starting in March. . . .

This article by Associated Press, which appeared in Snopes.com on December 11, has some further commentary on the article April linked to.

https://www.snopes.com/2017/12/11/transgender-troops/