Federal judge indefinitely blocks Trump’s ban on transgender service members, saying it’s ‘soaked in

[mystery-ak]

Federal judge indefinitely blocks Trump’s ban on transgender service members, saying it’s ‘soaked in animus’
Story by Devan Cole, CNN

A federal judge has indefinitely blocked President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender service members, dealing a major defeat to a controversial policy the president resurrected from his first term.

In a scathing ruling, US District Judge Ana Reyes said the administration cannot enforce the ban — which was set to take effect later this month.

Reyes, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, wrote that the ban “is soaked in animus and dripping with pretext. Its language is unabashedly demeaning, its policy stigmatizes transgender persons as inherently unfit, and its conclusions bear no relation to fact.”

“Indeed, the cruel irony is that thousands of transgender servicemembers have sacrificed – some risking their lives – to ensure for others the very equal protection rights the Military Ban seeks to deny them,” she wrote.

The judge said she was pausing her preliminary injunction until Friday morning to give the administration time to appeal it to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals.

The ruling came in a case brought by transgender active-duty service members and others hoping to enlist in the military who would be barred from service under the ban. Reyes said they had shown that they would likely succeed on their claim that the ban violated rights afforded to them by the Constitution.

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[mountaineer]

Andy Ngo
@MrAndyNgo
An LGBTQ+ identifying DC judge has halted Trump’s military readiness order that banned trans people from serving in the armed forces.
Trans people suffer high rates of psychiatric co-morbidities. Cross sex hormones also significantly affect temperament.
11:35 AM · Mar 19, 2025
 Story at Post Millennial

Believing you were born into the wrong body is a serious psychiatric issue, all by itself. Forget co-morbidities.

[jafo2010]

When the Constitution was written, there were zero transgenders.  So, to say what Trump is doing is a violation to the Constitution is just wrong.

Fact is, being a transgender, one has a serious mental disorder.  Anyone with severe mental disorders should be prohibited from serving in the military.

We need to end the normalization of degenerate behavior.  This insanity of the Degenerate Party has been tolerated long enough by folks that have no tolerance for this crap.

[mystery-ak]

Judge Ana Reyes Blasted for ‘Disturbing,’ Unprofessional Ruling, Hectoring DOJ Attorney on What ‘Jesus Would Say’ About Trans Soldier Ban

U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes, a Biden-appointee and the first openly lesbian federal judge in D.C., blocked the Trump administration’s transgender troops ban on Tuesday night.

U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes, a Biden-appointee and the first openly lesbian federal judge in D.C., blocked the Trump administration’s transgender troops ban on Tuesday night, in part citing Hamilton, a Broadway musical beloved by liberals, to justify her decision.

“The Court’s opinion is long, but its premise is simple. In the self-evident truth that ‘all people are created equal,’ all means all. Nothing more. And certainly nothing less,” the order reads, differing from the Declaration of Independence which reads, “all men are created equal.”

“Women were ‘included in the sequel’ when passage of the Nineteenth Amendment granted them the right to vote in 1920. See Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton: An American Musical (2016); compare U.S. Declaration of Independence (1776) with U.S. Const. amend. XIX (1920),” the citation reads. “That right is one of the many that thousands of transgender persons serve to protect.”

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/03/19/judge-ana-reyes-blasted-for-disturbing-unprofessional-ruling-hectoring-doj-attorney-on-what-jesus-would-say-about-trans-soldier-ban/

[mountaineer]

A Broadway musical is precedent?
 

[Free Vulcan]

Apparently this What Would Jesus Do doesn't understand the concept of Separation of Church and State.

This has to be the most desperate grasping of moral outrage v. the law I've ever seen in a ruling.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Roberts, get your damn house in order.

[jafo2010]

John Roberts has been completely compromised.  The idiot approved Obamacare.  Ugggh!!!

John Robert is the one that needs to be removed from  the court system.  Immediately.  I tell you he is compromised.  The Degenerate Party is holding something over his head.

[cato potatoe]

This judge is an obvious lunatic who never should have been given her authority.  We have a dangerous situation with district court judges who think they are President.  I don’t know how you get around ignoring these absurd rulings, as they endanger ordinary Americans and waste limited resources in the appeals process. 

[jafo2010]

If I were Trump, I would drag Justice Roberts in and give him the riot act.  Clean up your house, or I begin eliminating your house.  I say get rid of all these judges.  ALL!!!

Undermining the executive branch is the very last thing our Constitution intended to happen.

Do as Jefferson did, fire the b*st*rds!!!!!!!

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

If I were Trump, I would drag Justice Roberts in and give him the riot act.  Clean up your house, or I begin eliminating your house.  I say get rid of all these judges.  ALL!!!

Undermining the executive branch is the very last thing our Constitution intended to happen.

Do as Jefferson did, fire the b*st*rds!!!!!!!

 trump has no power to haul judges in and wtf are you saying about Jefferson?

[MeganC]

When the Constitution was written, there were zero transgenders.  So, to say what Trump is doing is a violation to the Constitution is just wrong.

Fact is, being a transgender, one has a serious mental disorder.  Anyone with severe mental disorders should be prohibited from serving in the military.

We need to end the normalization of degenerate behavior.  This insanity of the Degenerate Party has been tolerated long enough by folks that have no tolerance for this crap.

Exceptional post! 

[Bigun]

Exceptional post! 

  

[libertybele]

If I were Trump, I would drag Justice Roberts in and give him the riot act.  Clean up your house, or I begin eliminating your house.  I say get rid of all these judges.  ALL!!!

Undermining the executive branch is the very last thing our Constitution intended to happen.

Do as Jefferson did, fire the b*st*rds!!!!!!!

 

[Smokin Joe]

Who made this judge Commander in Chief?

The military operates under the UCMJ, not civilian law.
The highest ranking officer has spoken.

[MeganC]

A Broadway musical is precedent?
 

"Singing In The Rain" was cited in many important Supreme Court cases. The right of the people to laugh and sing in the rain being a protected right. 

[mountaineer]

Christina Buttons
The Pseudoscience in the Case Against Trump’s Transgender Military Ban
Scientific research doesn’t support the claim of an “immutable” transgender identity.
Apr 14 2025

The claim that transgender status is immutable and biologically based was raised in the recent case of Talbott v. Trump. Eight plaintiffs—six active-duty service members and two individuals seeking to enlist—are challenging President Trump’s January 27 executive order barring transgender individuals from military service. The plaintiffs’ filings refer to “gender identity” as a deeply ingrained and involuntary characteristic with a biological basis—language that can be used to claim constitutional protections. The plaintiffs allege that the ban amounts to unlawful discrimination under the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment.

During hearings in February 2025, U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes pressed Department of Justice attorneys on the administration’s justification for the order. She instructed both parties to brief the court on “questions of biology,” prompting the plaintiffs to submit a five-page brief arguing that transgender identity is both innate and immutable.

This claim carries implications far beyond military recruitment. Activists have used it to justify medical interventions for minors, inform education policies, and establish civil rights protections for “gender identity” comparable with those for race and sexual orientation. There’s just one problem: the plaintiffs’ brief—and the immutability argument more broadly—doesn’t withstand scientific scrutiny.  ...

The brief’s claim that transgender identity is both innate and immutable appears to rely on a misreading of the evidence. While “innate” typically refers to traits present at birth, “immutable” implies that they cannot be changed. Even early researchers who believed gender dysphoria might be innate did not consider it immutable—particularly in children. Decades of desistance research suggest that 85 percent to 90 percent of children with gender dysphoria who do not undergo medical transition eventually outgrow those feelings, with most going on to become gay or lesbian adults. The growing visibility of detransitioners—individuals who once identified as transgender but later reversed course—further challenges the idea that transgender identity is invariably fixed. ...

More at City Journal

[GtHawk]

How odd, I wasn’t aware that just because you were an American of any persuasion you had a RIGHT to server in the military. Also I was under the impression that as the leader, CIC had the right to set the standards for those who serve. Yet here we have a mentally ill judge saying that the military must allow mentally ill people to serve, overriding the orders of the CIC.

[DefiantMassRINO]

... ‘soaked in animus’