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#executive-order

Presidential directives that carry the force of law. Tagged incidents involve executive orders that violate constitutional limits, international obligations, or that circumvent congressional authority.

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Civil Rights
Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern Ongoing

Second-Term Transgender Military Ban: Day-One Executive Order

The second-term ban was broader and more immediately disruptive than the first-term version. The 2025 executive order directed the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to implement the policy within 60 days, mandating that transgender service members serve in their birth sex or face discharge. Service members who had been receiving hormone therapy and other gender-affirming medical care under a Biden-era policy would have that care immediately terminated. Legal challenges were filed immediately; courts issued preliminary injunctions in several cases. The policy applied to approximately 15,000 service members.

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Updated October 24, 2017 Civil Rights
Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern

Muslim Travel Ban: Executive Orders 13769, 13780, and Presidential Proclamation 9645

Trump signed an initial travel ban on January 27, 2017, halting entry from seven Muslim-majority countries and suspending the refugee program. After courts blocked it, the administration issued revised versions that scaled back explicit language while preserving the core country-specific restrictions. The Supreme Court allowed a third version to take full effect in December 2017.

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