Day 498

D.C. Circuit finds 'direct evidence' of animus

A divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upholds part of Judge Ana Reyes's order in Talbott v. United States, barring enforcement of the ban against the challengers already serving in the military. Judge Wilkins writes that the policy's 'foundational premises' are 'animus-filled,' resting on the idea that persons with a 'false gender identity' are unfit to serve.

From: Second-Term Transgender Military Ban: Executive Order 14183