Federal judge bars enforcement of plan to ban transgender people in the military POSTED OCTOBER 30, 2017, 12:30 PM CDT

By Schonauer Law on Oct 31, 2017 at 02:26 PM in Law News

Federal judge bars enforcement of plan to ban transgender people in the military

POSTED OCTOBER 30, 2017, 12:30 PM CDT

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued a preliminary injunction that bans the Trump administration from implementing plans to ban transgender people in the military.

Judge Kollar-Kotelly enjoined enforcement of a directive by President Trump that would ban transgender recruits and would oust transgender people already in the military. She did not rule on another section of the directive that banned using military resources to pay for sex reassignment surgeries.

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