"In a newly filed appellate brief, lawyers for a group of transgender service members and recruits argued that the policy, first announced in Executive Order 14183 and implemented by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has no factual foundation. "There is no evidence to support the ban," they wrote, noting that during oral arguments, government lawyers conceded that each active-duty plaintiff is "honorable, truthful, and disciplined," physically and mentally fit to serve, and has "made America safer.""
"U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes agreed earlier this year when she granted a nationwide preliminary injunction halting enforcement of the ban. In her opinion, Reyes found that the Trump administration's stated justifications - readiness, cost, and cohesion - were "contradicted by its own evidence." She wrote that the policy "reflects a bare desire to harm a politically unpopular group" and is "soaked with animus and dripping with pretext.""
Attorneys for transgender service members and recruits asked the D.C. Circuit to uphold a lower court injunction blocking the revived ban on transgender military service. They argued Executive Order 14183, implemented by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has no factual foundation and that there is no evidence to support the ban. Government lawyers conceded each active-duty plaintiff is honorable, truthful, disciplined, physically and mentally fit, and has made America safer. The policy nonetheless orders discharge solely for being transgender, which attorneys called clear unconstitutional discrimination. Judge Ana C. Reyes found the administration's justifications contradicted by its own evidence and motivated by animus.
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