Opponents Want Judiciary To Overturn Trump’s Transgender Troop Policy

2:04 PM 12/24/2018 | Politics

David Krayden | Ottawa Bureau Chief

Identity groups rallying against President Donald Trump’s policy of restricting transgendered people in the United States military are reportedly looking to the Supreme Court to overturn that decision.

Opponents of the policy are poised to file their contrary arguments on Christmas Eve (Monday) to stop the Trump administration’s actions, according to a report published Monday by the Washington Examiner.

People rally to protest the Trump administration’s reported transgender proposal to narrow the definition of gender to male or female at birth, at City Hall in New York City, U.S., Oct. 24, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

The Department of Justice had already asked the Supreme Court to address the transgender policy in an effort to avoid a protracted legal fight in lower courts, where the judiciary was attempting to block the president. Many Democrats in Congress wanted the U.S. defense secretary to simply ignore the policy.

Those opposing the policy are a coalition of transgender military personnel and various advocacy groups. (RELATED: Senior Military Leaders Split With Trump On Transgenders In The Military)

“There is no legal basis for the Supreme Court to take this case before any court of appeals