August 20, 2019
A Maryland federal judge on Tuesday trimmed the American Civil Liberties Union's challenge to the Trump administration's military "transgender ban," holding that transgender people currently serving hadn't shown how they would be harmed by the grandfathered changes.
March 08, 2019
A Maryland federal judge stayed his injunction on the Trump administration's military "transgender ban" after finding he was bound by a U.S. Supreme Court decision, removing a significant barrier preventing the policy from going into effect while related litigation moves forward.
January 23, 2019
The U.S. Department of Defense’s “transgender ban” policy will not go into effect yet despite a U.S. Supreme Court order lifting two related injunctions, with the DOD still working to address one remaining injunction, it has said.
August 15, 2018
A Maryland federal court judge that ruled the Trump administration cannot shield documents in a suit over the introduction of its policy barring many transgender individuals from military service, saying the documents could reveal whether there was a discriminatory intent behind the introduction of the policy.
November 21, 2017
The Trump administration can't ban transgender people from military service, according to an injunction issued Tuesday by a Maryland federal judge who expanded a D.C. district judge's block to include lifting restrictions for service members undergoing gender reassignment surgeries.
August 28, 2017
President Donald Trump's transgender military service ban is facing more heat with the Monday filing of two new federal court challenges by civil rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal, and law firms Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Covington & Burling LLP, which are aiding the rights groups pro bono.