EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A federal appeals court has ruled key portions of the military's transgender service ban unlawful, while leaving new enlistment restrictions temporarily intact.
On Monday, a federal appeals court ruled 2-1 that portions of the Trump administration’s policy of not admitting trans people into military service were unlawful.
The court has ruled that the policy is unconstitutional and further stated that it “appears to be driven by the bare desire to harm a politically unpopular group.” It also states that the policy advanced by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is “arbitrary and based on animus.”