Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let it enforce ban on transgender service members for now

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The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to let it begin enforcing a ban on transgender service members, escalating a fight over a controversial policy that has faced numerous legal setbacks in recent weeks.

The emergency appeal thrusts the high court into another politically charged dispute over a key aspect of Trump’s agenda. It comes as the justices have increasingly been pressed by the administration to unlock various parts of his agenda that have been held up by lower courts reviewing the legality of the initiatives.

The military ban was announced by Trump earlier this year and would have taken effect late last month. But several lower courts issued rulings against it before it could be implemented.

In the case at hand, a federal judge in Washington state decided that the policy likely violated the constitutional rights of a number of active-duty transgender service members and an individual who wants to join the military.

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