The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia has denied a request by the Trump administration to prevent the U.S. military from accepting transgender recruits starting Jan. 1.
From Reuters:
The administration had urged the appeals court to suspend an order by a federal judge in Baltimore for the armed forces to begin accepting transgender recruits on that date. The administration has said the Jan. 1 start date was causing the armed forces to scramble to revise their policies at the risk of harming military readiness.
In a brief two-paragraph order, the three-judge panel of the Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said it was denying the administration’s request while the appeal proceeds.
Several transgender service members filed suit in Maryland after Trump said in July he would ban transgender people from the military, a move that would reverse a policy of the Republican president’s Democratic predecessor Barack Obama to accept them. Trump cited concern over military focus and medical costs.
So far, three federal judges around the country have issued injunctions blocking Trump’s ban. His administration has appealed all three rulings.
BREAKING: The Fourth Circuit denied the government’s request to delay accepting trans people as new enlistments.— ACLU (@ACLU) December 21, 2017
We will continue to fight for the right of trans people to live and serve their country with dignity, and we won’t stop until the #transban is struck down permanently
Another blow to Donald Trump and Mike Pence's discriminatory trans troop ban. It's clear that the military is ready to enlist openly transgender troops and that this White House should get out of their way.https://t.co/nrK2WKCyXq— HumanRightsCampaign (@HRC) December 21, 2017
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