Today, U.S. District Court Judge Benjamin Hale Settle issued what will now be a second nationwide preliminary injunction blocking implementation of Donald Trump’s transgender military ban. Via press release from the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR):
In Shilling v. Trump today, U.S. District Court Judge Benjamin Hale Settle issued what will now be a second nationwide preliminary injunction blocking implementation of the transgender military ban resulting from Trump’s January executive order.
Earlier this month, U.S. District Court Judge Ana Reyes in Talbott v. Trump issued a first nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the ban. In a forceful order in which Judge Reyes held that the ban undermines national security and is likely unconstitutional she called it “soaked with animus and dripping with pretext.”
Earlier tonight in Talbott, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that the Department of Defense can take no action negatively impacting any service member while the court is considering the department’s motion for emergency stay.
Today’s order in Shilling, along with the injunction previously issued in Talbott by Judge Reyes, prevents the Department of Defense from initiating separation proceedings against any transgender service members or otherwise enforcing the ban.
And just like that, immediately after the DC circuit issued a complicated administrative stay that could bring back the trans military ban… A federal judge in WA has just issued their own order blocking Trump from removing trans people from the military! storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us…
— Erin Reed (@erininthemorning.com) March 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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