Trump administration will ask Supreme Court to keep ban on trans troops

Source: USA Today

July 17, 2026, 10:33 a.m. ET


WASHINGTON – The Trump administration plans to once again ask the Supreme Court to keep in place the president’s ban on transgender troops in the military.

In a July 16 filing, the Justice Department asked a lower court not to finalize a ruling that the ban probably violated the troops’ constitutional rights and cannot be enforced against those currently serving who challenged the policy.

Lawyers for the government said they will be appealing that June ruling to the Supreme Court by the end of August. They emphasized that the justices already intervened in a different challenge to the policy last year when a majority said the ban can be enforced as it’s being litigated.

If the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit does not agree to keep its ruling from going into effect while the administration appeals it, the government could ask the Supreme Court for an interim ruling pausing implementation. The court did not explain its decision last year when it intervened after a federal judge in Washington state paused the ban.

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