Federal appeals court blocks Pentagon from discharging transgender troops
A U.S. federal appeals court ruled on Monday that the Pentagon cannot discharge transgender service members, striking down a key pillar of the Trump administration’s ban on transgender military personnel as unconstitutional and motivated by animus.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, in a 2-1 decision, upheld a lower-court injunction blocking the military from removing transgender troops already serving. The majority opinion, written by Judge Robert Wilkins, found the ban violated the Fifth Amendment’s equal protection guarantee, calling it "arbitrary" and designed to "harm a politically unpopular group." The court’s ruling does not, however, lift the ban on new transgender enlistees, leaving that restriction in place for now.
The decision directly contradicts the Supreme Court’s 2019 order allowing the Trump administration to enforce the ban while legal challenges proceeded. Officials confirmed the Pentagon had already begun processing discharges under the policy, which took effect in April 2019 after years of litigation. The Department of Defense declined to comment on whether it would comply with the injunction pending an expected appeal .
The case, known as *Karnoski v. Trump*, now heads back to the district court for further proceedings, though legal experts predict the government will seek Supreme Court review. The high court’s conservative majority—expanded under Trump—could ultimately decide the policy’s fate. For now, the ruling preserves the status of an estimated 14,700 transgender troops currently serving, according to Pentagon data from 2023 .
The Trump administration’s ban reversed Obama-era policies that allowed transgender individuals to serve openly and receive medical care related to gender transition. The current policy, defended by officials as necessary for "military readiness," bars transgender individuals from enlisting unless they serve in their birth sex and forgo transition-related treatment. Monday’s ruling does not address the ban’s broader implications for military healthcare or recruitment .
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