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US transgender military service legal challenge

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The Trump administration has filed an urgent appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking the immediate removal of 29 ~~active-duty transgender~~ active-duty, reservist, and National Guard service ~~members.~~ members who are transgender. This legal action aims to reverse previous lower-court injunctions that have protected these individuals from discharge. In the case U. S. v. Talbott, a divided panel of appeals court judges previously ruled that the administration’s policy illegally banned transgender troops from service. Solicitor General D. John Sauer has characterized the ruling allowing these plaintiffs to remain in their positions as ‘gravely erroneous’ and an ‘unprecedented intervention into military affairs.’ The administration maintains that the policy, established by Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, is necessary for military discipline and readiness. The government argues that the military's authority to determine service eligibility is a matter of “exceptional importance.” While ~~the Supreme Court has previously allowed a broad ban on service members with a history of gender dysphoria, other~~ some federal courts have found the current policy likely violates constitutional rights to due process and equal ~~protection. The~~ protection, the 29 ~~plaintiffs—comprising active-duty members, reservists, and National Guard members—currently~~ plaintiffs currently remain in the force. The Supreme Court is expected to consider whether to ~~hear~~ intervene and allow the ~~case~~ discharges to proceed before a formal trial regarding the plaintiffs' status begins in January.

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