A lower court placed a nationwide injunction against the policy while a lawsuit proceeds.
President Donald Trump’s administration has requested that the justices of the Supreme Court pause a nationwide injunction against the policy that bans individuals with gender dysphoria from serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. The policy was blocked by a lower court and upheld by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Justice Department filing stated the court was “usurping the Executive Branch’s authority to determine who may serve in the Nation’s armed forces.”
The administration’s application outlined the similarity of the current policy with that of President Trump’s first administration in which “the Department rationally determined that service by individuals with gender dysphoria would undermine military effectiveness and lethality—consistent with similar, longstanding determinations for a wide range of other medical conditions (such as asthma and hypertension).”
The Supreme Court had allowed the 2018 ban, which “generally disqualified individuals with gender dysphoria from military service,” as litigation proceeded. The policy was reversed under President Biden.
The DOJ stated that a failure to issue a stay would mean “the district court’s universal injunction will remain in place for the duration of further review in the Ninth Circuit and in this Court—a period far too long for the military to be forced to maintain a policy that it has determined, in its professional judgment, to be contrary to military readiness and the Nation’s interests.”
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For President Trump and Secretary Hegseth as they seek to strengthen the U.S. Armed Forces.
- For wisdom for justices of the Supreme Court as they consider requests for pauses on nationwide injunctions placed by district judges against the president’s administration.
Sources: Roll Call, NTD,
