Criminal Justice & the Rule of Law

Trump Administration Appeals Transgender Service Ban to Supreme Court

Quinta Jurecic
Friday, November 23, 2018, 4:35 PM

On Nov. 23, the Trump administration filed petitions for a writ of certiorari before judgment in three lawsuits challenging its ban on military service by transgender people, preempting rulings by the courts of appeals. The filings are available here, here, here and below.

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On Nov. 23, the Trump administration filed petitions for a writ of certiorari before judgment in three lawsuits challenging its ban on military service by transgender people, preempting rulings by the courts of appeals. The filings are available here, here, here and below. Lawfare's previous coverage of the litigation is available here.


Quinta Jurecic is a fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and a senior editor at Lawfare. She previously served as Lawfare's managing editor and as an editorial writer for the Washington Post.

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