Trump Military Transgender Ban Blocked During High Court Appeal

A federal judge rejected Nov. 30 the Justice Department’s request to stay her injunction that blocks the Trump administration’s plan to ban military service by transgender people.

Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in October 2017 enjoined the administration from carrying iout the ban because it appeared to be unconstitutionally discriminatory. The administration Nov. 23 asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal of injunctions from Kollar-Kotelly and two other federal judges that are blocking the ban.

Kollar-Kotelly refused to stay her injunction while it’s on appeal to the Supreme Court. She ...