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U.S. judge rebuts Trump on transgender troop limits
Source: Reuters
POLITICS MARCH 19, 2019 / 5:16 PM / UPDATED 44 MINUTES AGO
U.S. judge rebuts Trump on transgender troop limits
Andrew Chung
3 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday contradicted the Trump administration’s “incorrect” claim that no legal blocks remain for it to enforce a contentious policy to restrict many transgender individuals from the U.S. armed forces starting on April 12.
In a three-page notice, U.S. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said an injunction that she issued against the policy in 2017 remains in place.
“Defendants were incorrect in claiming that there was no longer an impediment to the military’s implementation” of the transgender policy, the judge wrote.
A spokeswoman for Pentagon said it was consulting with the U.S. Justice Department, which declined to comment.
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U.S. judge rebuts Trump on transgender troop limits
Andrew Chung
3 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday contradicted the Trump administration’s “incorrect” claim that no legal blocks remain for it to enforce a contentious policy to restrict many transgender individuals from the U.S. armed forces starting on April 12.
In a three-page notice, U.S. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said an injunction that she issued against the policy in 2017 remains in place.
“Defendants were incorrect in claiming that there was no longer an impediment to the military’s implementation” of the transgender policy, the judge wrote.
A spokeswoman for Pentagon said it was consulting with the U.S. Justice Department, which declined to comment.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-transgender/u-s-judge-rebuts-trump-on-transgender-troop-limits-idUSKCN1R02NR
