U.S. court rejects Trump bid to stop transgender military recruits on Jan. 1

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court in Virginia on Thursday rejected a bid by President Donald Trump’s administration to prevent the U.S. military from accepting transgender recruits starting Jan. 1.

The administration had urged the appeals court to suspend an order by a federal judge in Baltimore for the armed forces to begin accepting transgender recruits on that date. The administration has said the Jan. 1 start date was causing the armed forces to scramble to revise their policies at the risk of harming military readiness.

In a brief two-paragraph order, the three-judge panel of the Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said it was denying the administration’s request while the appeal proceeds. All three judges are Democratic appointees.

The court’s action could prompt the administration to ask the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court to intervene.

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#POLITICS DECEMBER 21, 2017 / 2:59 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
Andrew Chung
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-transgender/u-s-court-rejects-trump-bid-to-stop-transgender-military-recruits-on-jan-1-idUSKBN1EF2PP

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Enjoy justice while we can, courts are being packed with ignorant sycophants

who would never do the right thing ever.

Wow, do elections have consequences or W H A T

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Right now Democrats are the majority on 9 of the 13 Circuit (Appeals) Courts

Obama also tilted the partisan makeup of circuit courts. Nine of the country’s 13 appeals courts now have majority Democratic appointees, compared with just one when he took office in 2009.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/barack-obama-judicial-legacy_us_586c1944e4b0de3a08f9eb1f

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Good.

[iluvtennis]

3. Yay! This calls for Martha Reeves and the Vandella's Dancing in the Streets...

[AlexSFCA]

5. gop can easily expand courts and

add gorsuches