One significant issue revolves around the January Trump executive order that prohibited transgender individuals from serving in the military. Since its announcement, this order has been the subject of legal battles in various courts. Recently, the Supreme Court provided its input on the matter:
The Supreme Court has sided with the Trump administration in lifting a lower court’s order that paused the Pentagon’s transgender military ban.
In a brief order issued on Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the president. This decision supports Trump’s efforts to reverse the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies implemented during the Biden administration. The Supreme Court’s action suspended a previous court ruling, allowing the Pentagon’s policy to be implemented. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson opposed the administration’s appeal and advocated for maintaining the lower court’s injunction.
🚨 #BREAKING: The US Supreme Court has SIDED with President Trump and Secretary Hegseth, allowing the transgender military ban to go into effect
LFG! 🔥
Mental illness has NO PLACE in the greatest military on Earth! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/FdC7rEEC6i
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 6, 2025
Trump’s executive order laid out his reasoning:
In recent times, the military has been grappling with the impact of extreme gender ideology, influenced by activist groups who prioritize their agenda over crucial military requirements such as physical and mental well-being, selflessness, and unit cohesion. The Department of Defense (DoD) maintains a longstanding policy (DoD Instruction (DoDI) 6130.03) that ensures service members are fit for duty by being free from medical conditions or physical defects that could lead to significant time off for treatment or hospitalization.
You can read the full Supreme Court order here. Here’s a snippet:
BREAKING: The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration’s transgender military ban to take effect. pic.twitter.com/qUBz7zYFfX
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) May 6, 2025
Not surprisingly, the Court’s three liberal judges—Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson—publicly dissented.
We will continue to see more efforts by the left to use the judicial system to thwart the agenda that the American people voted for, but make no mistake, this is a win for the Trump administration.