Trump Admin Asks Supreme Court to Allow Prohibition on Troops With Gender Dysphoria

A federal judge blocked the policy, saying it raised constitutional issues.

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to halt a federal judgeโ€™s order preventing it from implementing a policy disqualifying individuals who have gender dysphoria or have undergone medical interventions for that condition.

U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the court on April 24 that the Department of Defense โ€œrationally determined that service by individuals with gender dysphoria would undermine military effectiveness and lethalityโ€”consistent with similar, longstanding determinations for a wide range of other medical conditions.โ€

The administrationโ€™s request for emergency relief came after a separate order in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied another of the administrationโ€™s requests to block the lower court order.

U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle said in March that โ€œall transgender service members are likely to suffer the irreparable harm of losing the military service career they have chosen, while otherwise qualified accession plaintiffs will lose the opportunity to serve.โ€

Settle said the plaintiffs were likely to succeed in claiming that the administrationโ€™s policy violated the Constitution.

Sauer disputed this, stating in part that the individuals who sued โ€œhave no constitutionally protected interest in continued military service or the employment benefits that come with military service.โ€ He also noted that the Supreme Court had blocked two injunctions on a similar policy from former Defense Secretary James Mattis.

At a minimum, Sauer said, the justices should limit the scope of the lower courtโ€™s injunction to just the parties before the court rather than its current, nationwide scope. The lawsuit was brought in February by servicemembers who identified as โ€œtransgenderโ€ in a court filing.

Sauerโ€™s filing followed the Supreme Courtโ€™s decision to set oral argument over the administrationโ€™s request to halt three nationwide injunctions against President Donald Trumpโ€™s birthright citizenship order. The practice of district court judges granting nationwide relief has garnered significant controversy and grown in recent years. Along with Sauer, congressional Republicans have raised questions about how the practice aligns with the authority granted to judges under federal law.

By Sam Dorman

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