DOE et al v. TRUMP et al

  1. September 13, 2019

    Judge Orders DOD To Turn Over Docs In 'Trans Ban' Case

    The Pentagon has not yet done enough to claim deference for a plan underpinning its contentious transgender policy and can't use a deliberative process exemption to shield documents that helped to form that plan, a Washington, D.C., federal judge ruled Friday.

  2. March 20, 2019

    Gov't Says Continued Block Of DOD 'Trans Ban' Is Wrong

    A day after a D.C. federal court told the government it can't yet implement its contentious military transgender policy, the Trump administration on Wednesday asked it to pause its preliminary injunction, arguing that the U.S. Supreme Court has already stayed two "materially indistinguishable" injunctions.

  3. March 19, 2019

    DOD Still Can't Implement 'Transgender Ban,' Judge Rules

    A D.C. federal judge told the government Tuesday that it can't implement its contentious military transgender policy even though other courts have lifted an injunction against it, because the plaintiffs that challenged the ban in Washington, D.C., still have time to ask for a rehearing.

  4. March 15, 2019

    Gov't Argues No Legal Barrier To DOD 'Transgender Ban'

    The federal government argued Friday that a D.C. Circuit judgment lifting an injunction against its contentious military transgender policy was effective immediately and that it does not have to wait for the court's formal mandate before implementing the policy in April, as planned.

  5. August 24, 2018

    More Discovery Ordered In Suit Against Military Trans Ban

    There are too many disputed and unclear issues in play to decide either way yet on a challenge to the Trump administration's policy banning many transgender people from military service, a Washington, D.C., federal judge ruled Friday, rejecting both sides' bids for an early judgment.

  6. August 06, 2018

    Trump Cut From Transgender Military Ban Suit Against Gov't

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Monday cut President Donald Trump from a suit challenging his administration's policy banning many transgender people from military service in order to avoid "unnecessary constitutional confrontations," but refused to dismiss the suit outright, saying a change to the policy had not eliminated the basis for the challenge.

  7. December 11, 2017

    DOD To Accept Trans Troops After Court Refuses To Budge

    The U.S. Department of Defense will allow transgender people to enlist in the military beginning Jan. 1, after a Washington, D.C., federal judge on Monday refused to halt an injunction against the Trump administration's efforts to stop transgender troops from serving.

  8. December 07, 2017

    Trump Asks For Stay On Allowing Transgender Troops

    The Trump administration on Wednesday urged a D.C. federal court to let it hold off on allowing transgender individuals to enlist in the military while it appeals that directive, arguing it won't have time to implement the new policy by Jan. 1 and that the court's decision contained errors. 

  9. November 28, 2017

    Military Must Accept Transgender Troops In Jan., Judge Says

    The U.S. Department of Defense must allow transgender individuals to join the military starting on Jan. 1, a D.C. federal judge said on Monday in clarifying an earlier order blocking President Donald Trump's plan to bar them from serving.

  10. October 30, 2017

    Trump's Trans Military Ban Hits Roadblock

    A D.C. federal judge on Monday blocked President Donald Trump's plan to bar members of the transgender community from serving in the military, saying it's likely the policy violates the Fifth Amendment.

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