Source: Law & Crime
“A lawyer representing the Trump administration was repeatedly dressed down by a federal judge on Wednesday during a preliminary injunction hearing over the Pentagon’s transgender ban. During the hearing, U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes, a Joe Biden appointee, mercilessly lambasted the government’s lawyers for what she saw as problems with their basic competence, middling legal analysis, lack of preparation, intellectual honesty, and more. On Jan. 28, Nicolas Talbott and seven others filed their complaint with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The lawsuit alleges the ban on transgender service members violates the Due Process clause of the Fifth Amendment by discriminating against people ‘based on their sex and based on their transgender status.'” (03/12/25)