The Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump's blanket ban on transgender people serving in the military to take effect on Tuesday, overturning a lower court's injunction in a brief order.
Trump's executive order banning all active-duty members with a diagnosis of "gender dysphoria" was one of his first acts in office. Seven trans servicemembers sued almost immediately, and U.S. District Court Judge Benjamin Settle issued a stay on the ban, saying trans members of the military faced the "irreparable harm of losing the military service career they have chosen" and that any arguments of hardship from the government "pale[d] in comparison."
