Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump -- without a shred of evidence -- seek to exclude an entire class of able bodied soldiers from service.
And they propose to do it by a Black Sharpie, alone. Welp, game over.
Here’s that whole 75 page opinion, from a very able federal USDC Judge in DC -- and a bit:
. . .THE COURT: Is saying that transgender people or people with gender dysphoria, [that] their inherent identity is inconsistent with a commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle, is that demeaning to them?
DEFENSE [Trump] COUNSEL: I don’t have a characterization for that, Your Honor.
THE COURT: Okay. And if I asked you about all the other words in [the Military Ban], with respect to the characterization of transgender people or people with gender dysphoria, you would have the same answer?
DEFENSE [Trump] COUNSEL: Yes, Your Honor.
THE COURT: There’s nothing [supporting these assertions] in the studies; right?
DEFENSE [Trump] COUNSEL: That says those same things, no, Your Honor, not that I know of.
THE COURT: [No study] says anything close to those things; correct?
DEFENSE [Trump] COUNSEL: Not that I know of, Your Honor. Tr. (Mar. 12, 2025) at 188–89.
An “Action Memo” claims the Policy “was informed through consideration of” three studies and cost data. Dkt. 73-23 (Action Memo) at 4. Who considered the information, however, is anyone’s guess; Defendants [Tangerine 2.0 forces] do not know. Maybe no one, because one study is eight years old and the other two support Plaintiffs’ position.
Transgender persons have served openly since 2021, but Defendants have not analyzed their service. That is unfortunate. Plaintiffs’ service records alone are Exhibit A for the proposition that transgender persons can have the warrior ethos, physical and mental health, selflessness, honor, integrity, and discipline to ensure military excellence. Defendants [Tangerine 2.0 forces] agree.
They agree that Plaintiffs are mentally and physically fit to serve, have “served honorably,” and “have satisfied the rigorous standards” demanded of them. Tr. (Feb. 18, 2025) at 9–14, 148; see also Tr. (Mar. 12, 2025) at 130. Plaintiffs, they acknowledge, have “made America safer.” Tr. (Feb. 18, 2025) at 10. So why discharge them and other decorated soldiers?
Crickets from Defendants [Tangerine 2.0 forces] on this key question. . . .
What is wrong with these people and their hateful, malign, backward Seventeenth Century views? Geez.
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