Advocacy groups ready to challenge Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s transgender troop ban in court
Advocacy groups are set to file the first lawsuit Tuesday challenging President Donald Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s executive order for the Pentagon to revise its policy on transgender troops, likely setting up a ban on their service in the armed forces.
It is the same legal team that spent years fighting Trump's ban on transgender troops in his first administration, tying it up in the courts before then-President Joe Biden scrapped it when he took office.
Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s new order, signed Monday, claims the sexual identity of transgender service members 바카라 게임 웹사이트conflicts with a soldier바카라 게임 웹사이트s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle바카라 게임 웹사이트 and is harmful to military readiness. It requires Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to issue a revised policy.
바카라 게임 웹사이트The law is very clear that the government can바카라 게임 웹사이트t base policies on disapproval of particular groups of people," said Shannon Minter, legal director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights. "That바카라 게임 웹사이트s animus. And animus-based laws are presumed to be invalid and unconstitutional.바카라 게임 웹사이트
In response, the NCLR and GLAD Law are filing a challenge to the executive order Tuesday in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, Minter said.
The groups also are challenging the executive order on the basis of equal protection.
The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.