Overview

• Two federal judges, Ana Reyes in Washington, D.C., and Benjamin Settle in Washington state, have issued injunctions blocking the Trump administration's transgender military ban.
• Judge Reyes ruled that the policy likely violates the Fifth Amendment's equal protection clause and criticized the administration's justification as discriminatory and lacking evidence.
• The Department of Justice has appealed the rulings to the D.C. Circuit Court, seeking to enforce the ban during the appeals process.
• The policy, which targets individuals with gender dysphoria, has been criticized for its potential harm to thousands of transgender service members and its invasive reporting requirements.
• For now, the injunctions protect transgender troops from discharge or exclusion, delaying the policy's implementation pending further legal review.