Lawyers at Covington & Burling have joined the American Civil Liberties Union in the latest lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging the President’s recent decision to ban transgender men and women from serving in the armed forces.
Covington previously supported the ACLU in its efforts to end a longstanding ban on transgender service members. That ban was overturned by the Obama administration in 2016, when the Secretary of Defense issued a directive that transgender service members be able to serve openly without fear of being discharged.
In a memorandum on Aug. 25th, President Trump directed the defense department to “return ...
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