The United States Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration’s ban on transgender service members to go into effect while the policy is being challenged in the courts.
In a 5-4 decision, the high court granted the administration’s request to lift a court stay that had sidelined the policy, which Trump announced in a tweet in 2017.
That means that the ban will be allowed to go into effect, at least temporarily. Justices Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan dissented. The decision was announced in a brief, unsigned order.
The policy prohibits those who identify as transgender from military service. It has been challenged in the courts in a number of cases. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to issue a decision soon on one of the cases.