A federal judge rebuffed the Trump administration's defense of its ban on transgender service members, criticizing the arguments as unfounded and diminishing. During a court hearing in the Talbott v. Trump case, Judge Ana Reyes confronted Justice Department attorney Jason Lynch, asserting that military effectiveness is not compromised by less than one percent of service members using different pronouns. Reyes highlighted broader military competence concerns, mocking the notion that pronoun usage poses a national security threat derived from the Trump administration's policies against transgender troops.
A federal court has sharply criticized the Trump administration's transgender military ban, describing it as a baseless attack that undermines military readiness without justification.
Judge Ana Reyes challenged the government's arguments on pronoun usage, asserting that it would not affect the effectiveness of the military or its preparedness.
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