{"id":135218,"date":"2017-10-30T18:48:40","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T00:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135218"},"modified":"2017-10-30T19:45:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T01:45:30","slug":"trumps-transgender-military-ban-gets-blocked-largely-thanks-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/30\/trumps-transgender-military-ban-gets-blocked-largely-thanks-trump.html","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s transgender military ban gets blocked — largely thanks to Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump remains his own worst enemy when it comes to trying to implement his off-the-cuff whimsical base-pleasing policy shifts. His Muslim travel ban, for example, got into repeated hot water because, while the Justice Dept. tried to claim it wasn’t a Muslim ban, it was hard to argue that the man who proudly tweeted he was going to ban all Muslims from entering the country wasn’t in fact trying to ban Muslims when he imposed the ban on a number of majority-Muslim nations.<\/p>\n

So, too, with the military transgender ban, where Trump literally announced his intent on Twitter, notably without any input from the Defense Dept., and then only later coming forward with an actual ban policy, using as a justification reasoning that made no sense based on the Defense Department’s own study of the issue.<\/p>\n

In the face of suits filed against the ban, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has issued a preliminary injunction against the ban, based on the reasons above, and noting that government discrimination against an identifiable class of people requires more scrutiny than an impulsive tweet implies. Given the arguments presented, the individuals identified in the suit, and the process that the federal government (Trump) appears to have used, Kollar-Kotelly has indicated it’s likely that the suits will succeed.<\/p>\n

Doubtless there will be appeals, but it’s good news nonetheless. A “government of laws, not men,” is a valuable thing, and it’s good to see a court recognize that.<\/p>\n


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\nTrump\u2019s Transgender Military Ban Just Died in Court. He Helped Kill It<\/a><\/span>
\nIn her judgment, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly wrote there was \u2018no argument or evidence suggesting that being transgender in any way limits one\u2019s ability to contribute to society.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Donald Trump remains his own worst enemy when it comes to trying to implement his off-the-cuff whimsical base-pleasing policy shifts. 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