Supreme Court Lets Trump's Transgender Military Ban Take Effect

Started by Solar, January 22, 2019, 08:22:41 AM

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The U.S. Supreme Court cleared President Donald Trump's administration to start barring most transgender people from serving in the armed forces.

The justices, voting 5-4, put on hold lower court decisions that had blocked the administration's planned ban from taking effect. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan dissented.

The court stopped short of agreeing to hear arguments on an expedited basis, as the administration sought. But by letting the ban take effect, the court gave the administration a major victory and hinted the justices ultimately will uphold the restrictions.

Transgender troops have been serving openly since June 2016, when President Barack Obama's administration began lifting a longstanding prohibition. Opponents of the ban say reinstating it would violate the Constitution's equal protection clause.

"This case is about whether men and women who want to serve in the United States Armed Forces to protect their country and who are able and otherwise qualified to do so should be barred from military service because they are transgender," according to court filings on behalf of current and prospective military members.

The administration said courts should defer to the Defense Department's judgment. A 2018 Pentagon report said that having transgender troops "risks unnecessarily adding to the challenges faced by leaders at all levels, potentially fraying unit cohesion, and threatening good order and discipline."

https://www.bloomberg.com/
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How did they get Ginsberg's vote? Via ouija board?

This was a great decision. We don't need mentally unstable people in the military.
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Quote from: taxed on January 22, 2019, 08:33:41 AM
How did they get Ginsberg's vote? Via ouija board?

This was a great decision. We don't need mentally unstable people in the military.
They didn't vote this time around, that was an earlier vote, but by putting it on hold, their time ran out and the ban is upheld.
I thought the same when I first read it, but I think what happened is, the Marxists on the court knew she couldn't vote, so they let it slide into obscurity, rather than be handed another defeat in what is sure to become a pattern for the next 3 decades. :biggrin:
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QuoteThe administration said courts should defer to the Defense Department's judgment. A 2018 Pentagon report said that having transgender troops "risks unnecessarily adding to the challenges faced by leaders at all levels, potentially fraying unit cohesion, and threatening good order and discipline."

Political ... but well said and very supportable. I'm not sure how the alternative (allowing TransGs in) was ever considered logically because, if you buy into it being ethical, the logistics and costs are unsupportable. It was all based on the leftist whims.

If they really want to serve our country, they can choose to straighten up and join ... pun intended.

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Quote from: topside on January 22, 2019, 08:49:56 AM
Political ... but well said and very supportable. I'm not sure how the alternative (allowing TransGs in) was ever considered logically because, if you buy into it being ethical, the logistics and costs are unsupportable. It was all based on the leftist whims.

If they really want to serve our country, they can choose to straighten up and join ... pun intended.
Yep, silly leftist social engineering.

When I was in the military, it specifically states, you belong to the US military, you all dress alike for a reason, because we are stripping you of your individuality, you will become one, a cohesive fighting unit, you will all share the same hardships, loss of liberties and freedoms, this is what makes you all the same, because in the end, you will all understand what your fellow soldier is going through, because his experience is exactly like yours.
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