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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Trump-picked appeals court judges side with Hegseth policy to kick out trans troops

Two federal appeals court judges appointed by Donald Trump are keeping in place a policy directed by the president to remove transgender service members from all branches of the U.S. military, an order that a dissenting judge called “gratuitously demeaning” and “openly hostile” to all trans Americans.

Tuesday’s ruling from the three-judge panel in Washington, D.C. dissolves a court order that blocked the policy while a legal challenge is ongoing.

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