On Monday, a federal appeals court ruled 2-1 that portions of the Trump administrationās policy of not admitting trans people into military service were unlawful.
Oh, and contained āanimusā or something.
The court has ruled that the policy is unconstitutional and further stated that it āappears to be driven by the bare desire to harm a politically unpopular group.ā It also states that the policy advanced by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is āarbitrary and based on animus.ā
āThe record shows that the purpose of the Hegseth Policy is to target applicants and servicemembers who express what the Administration believes is a āfalse gender identity,ā and the Policy goes far beyond disqualifying persons currently or recently suffering from gender dysphoria,ā the decision says.
āSome of those disqualifications are completely unexplained and have no reasonable justification.ā
Hows this for justification. The military has been working endlessly for years to stamp out sexual harrassment and assault. Now some bozo judges with TDS want to allowed gender confused people into the military?
Hereās more justification. Serving in the military is not a right, itās a privilege that not everyone enjoys or should enjoy. Whatās next ā a court ruling that people with diabetes and heart disease should be allowed to serve? Or one that says the militaryās physical standards ādiscriminate against overweight peopleā?
Itās absurd.
In any event, the appeals panel left Trumpās ban on enlisting new transgendered troops stand for now, so thereās that.
