{"id":2412890,"date":"2025-03-12T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T21:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-scolds-trump-doj-in-transgender-military-case-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T17:18:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T21:18:00","slug":"judge-scolds-trump-doj-in-transgender-military-case-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-scolds-trump-doj-in-transgender-military-case-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge scolds Trump DOJ in transgender military case &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-scolds-trump-doj-in-transgender-military-case-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2412890&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - 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But she occasionally also acknowledged the possibility that Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth might have a final say over who is eligible to serve in the military. She said she knew that her rulings, regardless of whom they favored, would be appealed in a higher court.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have no doubt that I am not the last step on this strange journey,&rdquo; Reyes said, adding, &ldquo;I just have to do the best I can with the evidence in front of me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>During his first week in office, Trump&nbsp;signed&nbsp;an executive order requiring service members to identify as their biological sex. It also banned anyone suffering from gender dysphoria from serving in the military.<\/p>\n<p>A group of active-duty transgender military members sued the administration over the order. They asked Reyes, the first openly gay federal judge in Washington, to block it from taking effect, arguing it violates the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution, discriminates against them, and will cost them their careers if the court does not intervene.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth issued a memorandum on Feb. 26 directing Pentagon leadership to carry out Trump&rsquo;s order.<\/p>\n<p>Reyes scrutinized Hegseth&rsquo;s instructions throughout the hearing, which continued into Wednesday afternoon. The judge was incredulous as she asked the government attorneys to clarify that the plaintiffs, whom she said the military had invested in training and who have presented no problems during their service, would have to be discharged because they have gender dysphoria or have &ldquo;transitioned&rdquo; to the opposite gender.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m just supposed to say, &lsquo;You know what, OK!&rsquo;&rdquo; Reyes said. 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