Federal circuit courts uphold transgender military ban and other Trump administration efforts
Donald Trump’s efforts to remove transgender personnel from the military, as well as firing of federal workers, continue to be held up by the courts. The transgender ban was due to come into effect today. Thousands of probationary employees are in the process of being reinstated pending the administration’s fight to overturn the decision to hire them back.
From The Guardian:
A judge in Washington DC rejected the government’s attempt to lift a court order which prevented its transgender military ban, which had been due to come into effect on Friday, from taking place.
The US district judge Ana Reyes also criticized the Trump administration’s proposed implementation plan, Advocate reported, noting that it required all 1.3 million military personnel to self-report annually whether they had experienced gender dysphoria. Reyes said the proposal amounted to “rummaging through private medical records” as she kept the court order in place.
The ninth US circuit court of appeals, meanwhile, refused to pause a judge’s earlier ruling which required the Trump administration to reinstate more than 17,000 probationary employees at six agencies who lost their jobs as part of Trump’s purge of the federal workforce.
The decision applies to workers at the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy, Department of the Interior and the treasury department.
The mass firings of probationary workers — employees who typically have less than one year, and sometimes less than two years, of service in their current roles — was the first step in broader efforts by Trump and his senior adviser and tech mogul Elon Musk to drastically shrink the federal workforce and slash government spending.
A judge had ruled on 13 March that the office of personnel management, which is closely tied to the White House, improperly ordered the six agencies to fire the workers even though it has no power to do so. The Trump administration responded by saying it was working to reinstate the employees, but also appealed the ruling.
Amid a series of rulings, a federal appeals court also said it would not lift an order barring the Trump administration from deporting immigrants to El Salvador under an 18th-century wartime law.
Additional Reading:
Gabbatt, A. (2025, March 27). Judges rule against Trump in several cases including trans military ban. The Guardian. Link.
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WTF is going on?
Why can’t the chief of the executive branch fire people he doesn’t want in the executive branch?
This is stupid. How come nobody challenged 0bozo when fired thousands for wrongthink?
Because the commie judges supported Zero..
Newsmax and Fox should bring this up as talking points. It won’t matter to the Libtards, but facts are facts and should be used where applicable, especially in cases like this.
Same reason CEOs can’t fire people. Unions.
When did the military become union for the troops? Can folks not be discharged for the convenience of the govt?
New executive order eliminating collective bargaining at nat’l security agencies too:
https://apnews.com/article/trump-unions-collective-bargaining-end-national-security-deabc796751dc038a8500774fe174a99
Politico ranting about it:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-moves-strip-unionization-rights-150420276.html
I’m in total agreement with this, what I’ve seen of government employee unions ain’t that great. Question is, can Trump do that via EO? I know some Obiden judge will say no. Seems like a big jump.
Unions in general have outlived their usefulness (I was a member of one for nearly 30 years, so I speak from experience), but they have NEVER belonged in the federal government! They were nothing but a way for the communists to create the deep state.
Even FDR thought public sector unions were a bad idea.
The deep state shows its true colors once again, it’s only out for itself, its minions and agenda.
So, judges nullify elections now? Tell me again how the Commander-In-Chief answers to judge? I don’t recall that in Civics class.
There’s a Constiutional right to fraud, waste and abuse?
If you have a (D) after your name, yes.. (at least according to them)
“Reyes said the proposal amounted to “rummaging through private medical records” as she kept the court order in place.”
Things must have changed because when I was active and reserves my medical records were military records. Yet another reason to hug my DD214.
It’s what happens when someone with no understanding of the military tries to run the military
I wonder if people who get fired or laid off from private sector jobs can sue their former employers to retain their jobs?
Holding up and upholding are not synonymous. The judge didn’t uphold the ban, he held it up, but does not hold it up to high esteem.
Yes…I was going to comment on this as well. Not only are they not synonymous, they are exact opposites in this context.
Whoever wrote that headline needs a remedial English course.
This case was assigned to y to his looney federal judge because she is an alphabet person herself. She is a carpet muncher likely has a “wife.” Obvious bias!