Five transgender military personnel sue Trump over tweeted edict
Washington — Five members of the US armed forces are suing US President Donald Trump and top military brass, seeking to stop them from banning transgender people from serving "in any capacity". With the latest lawsuit, which seeks to prevent the president from reversing a policy put in place by the Obama administration, a federal judge is once again being asked to referee a clash in the country’s escalating culture war. Since Trump took office in January, the administration has engaged in legal battles over shifts in policy involving immigration and gay rights. The service members, who are suing anonymously, are already members of the Army, Air Force and Coast Guard. They say they disclosed their gender orientation relying on the existing policy that permits them to serve openly. The shift announced by Trump on Twitter on July 26 violates the US Constitution, the service members said in a complaint filed on Wednesday in federal court in Washington. The change hasn’t yet been impleme...
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