The left and media are presenting a decision by elements of the Trump administration to not pursue an immediate stay in court as a win by LGBTQ forces seeking to force President Donald Trump, America’s Commander-in-Chief, to accept transgender recruits into the U.S. military.
But it might not be as big a win as they would have hoped for, as conservative forces rally behind the president with a variety of plans to crush the short-term leftist victory—though it does remain to be seen if the administration’s various departments responsible, primarily Justice and Defense, will follow through on efforts to get Trump another win.
As of Jan. 2, thanks to lower court rulings blocking implementation of President Trump’s directive to the Department of Defense, transgender individuals can legally enlist in the U.S. military. That is in direct contravention of an order the Commander-in-Chief handed down to Defense Secretary James Mattis back in August, one that has been challenged in court and blocked by a district judge by a preliminary injunction while the case is ongoing. On appeal, two U.S. courts of appeals—the Fourth Circuit and the D.C. Circuit—upheld two lower courts’ preliminary injunctions, blocking Trump’s transgender ban on military enlistment.
Perhaps most importantly, it sets up a potential constitutional crisis..
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I told my grandson how to deal with one of those freaks, do what we did to the gun-ho LT.in Nam, "Friendly fire" solves a lot of problems!
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ReplyDeleteIf a president had authority to let these mental cases into the military, then another president has authority to rescind the original authorization.
That is where this will end up; his authority to rescind will be upheld by a higher court.
All they want is the v. a. benefits to get a sex change.
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