Second judge blocks Trump’s trans military ban: ‘The government’s arguments are not persuasive’

Another federal judge in Washington state has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at banning trans people from serving in the military.

This is the second injunction against the policy, after Judge Ana Reyes called the ban “insulting” and said that it violated equal protection rights.

U.S District Court Judge Benjamin Settle, based in Tacoma, said that the administration has offered no explanation as to why transgender troops should be banned after trans service members have been in the military without issues for the last four years.

In his ruling, Settle said: “The government’s arguments are not persuasive, and it is not an especially close question on this record. The government’s unrelenting reliance on deference to military judgment is unjustified in the absence of any

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