The Supreme Court on May 6 granted a stay that allows the U.S. Military to ban troops who identify as transgender, as litigation challenging the ban plays out.
A majority of justices agreed to enter a stay of a preliminary injunction that was entered by a U.S. district judge in March against the policy, pending the disposition of an appeal.
Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, the court said.
President Donald Trump, in a January executive order, said that people who express a gender identity that diverges from their sex “cannot satisfy the rigorous standards necessary for military service” and directed military officials to update rules to that effect….