Supreme Court could decide if transgender troops are allowed to serve in the military
By: Tara Copp  
The Trump administration’s effort to ban transgender personnel from military service will face major tests in the coming months, culminating in a potential Supreme Court decision that could decide whether the Pentagon’s decision process was constitutional, according to organizations representing the troops.
On Dec. 10, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear government appeals in Doe v. Trump, in which the courts decided that the Pentagon had to comply with previous DoD policy allowing transgender recruits to enlist by Jan. 1, 2018.
More important may be a January Supreme Court deadline. Attorneys representing the transgender plaintiffs have until Dec. 24 to file their response to the White House’s request last week that the Supreme Court take up the transgender military service ban, effectively jumping past all of the lower court proceedings that are still in play.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/12/03/supreme-court-could-decide-if-transgender-troops-are-allowed-to-serve-in-the-military/
