We’re not talking about gelding a stallion here. With transgenders, it’s not snip-snip and everything is over.
The Trump administration made a move to bypass the appeals court system Friday by asking the Supreme Court to take up three lawsuits challenging restrictions on transgender military service.
Solicitor General Noel Francisco filed petitions in three cases, asking the Supreme Court step in before the appeals courts currently looking into them can make a ruling and claiming that lower courts’ injunctions blocking the ban are detrimental to the military.
The maneuver comes after President Trump engaged in a back-and-forth with the Judicial Branch of government this week, condemning the “total disaster” 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for its record of overturning rulings and engaging in a public fight with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on the matter.
The administration’s repeated efforts to bar transgender individuals from serving in the military began after Trump tweeted in July 2017 that the U.S. government would no longer allow transgender troops to serve in any capacity because of the “tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail.”
We don’t allow anyone on long-term medical treatment to remain in the military. That’s why if you have asthma or diabetes you are not allowed to serve.