Trump’s Military Transgender Ban Teed Up for Supreme Court

Nov. 23, 2018, 2:28 PM UTC

The Justice Department intends to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review President Donald Trump’s ban on military service by transgender people, the DOJ said in a lower court filing.

The DOJ expects to file the Supreme Court request by Nov. 23. This would allow the justices to consider whether to take the case during their Jan. 11 conference, it said. The court could announce the same day whether it will hear the appeal. The DOJ wants the court to take the case in its current term, the DOJ said in a previous filing. That likely would result in a ...

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