{"id":284,"date":"2026-06-01T20:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northcarolinamovingjournal.com\/?p=284"},"modified":"2026-06-01T20:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:36:09","slug":"some-trans-military-members-banned-by-trump-allowed-to-continue-service-under-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northcarolinamovingjournal.com\/?p=284","title":{"rendered":"Some trans military members banned by Trump allowed to continue service under ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WASHINGTON \u2014 Transgender military members won a temporary victory against the Trump administration in federal appeals court Monday when two judges ruled a policy banning them from service violated their constitutional right to equal protection under the law.<\/p>\n

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Judges\u00a0Judith W. Rogers and Robert L. Wilkins for the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia upheld a lower court ruling allowing those plaintiffs involved in the case to continue their service. The decision is a preliminary injunction, meaning the case will continue to play out in court.<\/p>\n

The policy, issued by President Donald Trump in an executive order in January 2025 and carried out by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, \u201cappears to be driven by the bare desire to harm a politically unpopular group: persons who identify as transgender,\u201d Wilkins wrote for the 2-1\u00a0.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs such, at this preliminary stage, I conclude that the Hegseth Policy is both arbitrary and based upon animus, and for those reasons the Policy violates Plaintiff-Appellees\u2019 constitutional right to equal protection of the law,\u201d continued Wilkins, who was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2014.<\/p>\n

NC House and Senate panels pass bills giving parents a right to reject child\u2019s trans identity<\/p><\/blockquote>\n