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January 7, 2019

D.C. Court Rules For Trump's Transgender Military Ban
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In Washington, D.C., a court of appeals ruled in favor of President's
Trump's ban on transgender people serving in the military. The decision
overturned an earlier ruling by a D.C. federal judge blocking the policy
for being unconstitutional. The ban, which seeks to restrict military
service for transgender people who experience gender dysphoria, replaced
an earlier ban on all transgender service members that was announced in
July 2017. Other injunctions against the ban are still in effect. The
Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to take on the case.


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