The Supreme Court of the United States has upheld President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender troops serving in the military.
The apex court ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration may now begin enforcing the ban, which had previously been blocked by lower courts.
According to The New York Times, the ruling was brief, unsigned, and provided no reasons, suggesting that the justices acted on emergency applications.
The court’s three liberal members — Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ketanji Brown Jackson — filed dissents, though they did not provide any reasoning.
DAILY POST reports that the case followed an executive order issued by President Trump on the first day of his second term.
The executive order revoked a directive from President Joseph R. Biden Jr., which had allowed transgender service members to serve openly.
In March, however, Judge Benjamin H. Settle of the Federal District Court in Tacoma, Washington, issued a nationwide injunction blocking the ban.
The judge referenced Commander Shilling as an example of the policy’s flaws. The case lingered until Tuesday, when the Supreme Court granted the administration permission to implement the ban.
