Trump administration asks for transgender military ban ruling from Supreme Court in aggressive legal manoeuvre
- The request urges the high court to compound four separate legal challenges to Donald Trump’s transgender ban and singularly rule on the issue
- It’s an unusual move that bypasses the regular federal legal process
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court on Friday to promptly allow it to ban transgender people from serving in the US armed forces in an unusual move that bypasses the regular federal legal process.
The request, filed by Solicitor General Noel Francisco, urges the high court to compound four separate legal challenges to US President Donald Trump’s transgender ban and singularly rule on the issue this term.
Trump’s ban is currently not being enforced since all four lawsuits were successful in asking for temporary injunctions.
“The decisions imposing those injunctions are wrong, and they warrant this Court’s immediate review,” Francisco wrote.
Francisco’s request urges the Supreme Court to ignore the regular chain of command, which mandates that the government first challenge the lower court decisions in federal appeal courts.
