A federal appeals court just blocked Trump's transgender military ban, finding it was driven by unconstitutional animus rather than any legitimate military interest. The court's 107-page ruling dismantled the Hegseth policy, noting it disqualified people diagnosed with gender dysphoria even as children, regardless of current health. Banning qualified, willing service members based on hostility rather than evidence is a constitutional violation, plain and clear.
Two Obama and Clinton appointees just overrode the Secretary of Defense on military readiness, unit cohesion and deployability — that's judicial activism, not constitutional law. Gender dysphoria carries real medical and deployment limitations that directly affect combat readiness, and the military exists to win wars, not run social experiments. SCOTUS needs to step in and restore proper deference to military leadership on these standards.
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