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Supreme Court Lets Transgender Military Ban Take Effect
A May 6, 2025 order from the justices paused a lower-court injunction, allowing the administration's restrictions on transgender service members to take hold.
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A May 6, 2025 order from the justices paused a lower-court injunction, allowing the administration's restrictions on transgender service members to take hold.
A January 2025 executive order and the Supreme Court's Skrmetti decision have given the federal government and states broad room to limit youth care.
Hundreds of state bills over two years have produced a sharply divided map, where a transgender person's rights increasingly depend on where they live.
Beyond the Supreme Court's high-profile rulings, several lower and state courts have limited parts of the administration's transgender policies.
In a 6–3 decision on June 30, 2026, the justices allowed West Virginia and Idaho to bar transgender girls and women from female school…
Executive Order 14168 directed federal agencies to recognize only two sexes. The passport policy it produced is now in effect while litigation continues.
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