Overview

• The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's emergency request to lift lower court injunctions blocking the transgender military ban.
• The policy disqualifies individuals with a history of gender dysphoria or those who have undergone gender transition, with limited case-by-case waivers.
• Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson dissented, criticizing the policy as discriminatory and harmful to service members' constitutional rights.
• The ban reverses Biden-era policies that allowed transgender individuals to serve openly and challenges findings that inclusion does not harm military readiness.
• Legal battles continue in federal appeals courts, with advocacy groups arguing the ban is unconstitutional and rooted in prejudice.