Military Transgender Ban Not Ripe for SCOTUS, Justices Told

Court rulings that blocked the Trump administration’s restrictions on military service by transgender individuals should be allowed to stand, according to briefs filed in the U.S. Supreme Court Dec. 24.

Three civil rights organizations, the state of Washington, and others are opposing the Trump administration’s request for the high court to take up the cases before lower courts issue final rulings. The ordinary procedure is to obtain a ruling from a district court, followed by a circuit court of appeals, before going to the Supreme Court. The high court’s rules allow litigants to go right to the justices if a ...