'Unadulterated Animus': Judge Tears into Trump Administration at Hearing on Transgender Military Ban

[Eugene]

Source: Military.com

'Unadulterated Animus': Judge Tears into Trump Administration at Hearing on Transgender Military Ban

Rebecca Kheel
Tue, February 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM EST·6 min read

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., tore into the Trump administration's efforts to bar transgender people from the military on Tuesday as she weighed whether to block any ban from taking effect while a lawsuit works its way through the courts.

During the first day of arguments in a hearing that will last at least another day, Judge Ana Reyes spent Tuesday picking apart the Trump administration's arguments that President Donald Trump's executive order in and of itself is not a ban on transgender military service.

The order "calls an entire category of people dishonest, dishonorable, undisciplined, immodest, who lack integrity -- people who have taken an oath to defend this country, who have been under fire, people who have taken fire for this country," said Reyes, an appointee of former President Joe Biden.

"We're dealing with unadulterated animus," she added.

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1. I have no words.

[70sEraVet]

2. The order given to the Pentagon is startling, considering who it is coming from

"...adoption of a gender identity inconsistent with an individual's sex conflicts with a soldier's commitment to an honorable, truthful and disciplined lifestyle, even in one's personal life,"
(Same article)

When you think of the faces of this Administration, do the words 'Honor', 'Truth', and 'Discipline' come to mind?