US Supreme Court allows Donald Trump's transgender military restrictions to go ahead

Barack Obama's administration began allowing transgender people already in the military to serve openly

(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 19, 2019 US President Donald Trump speaks as he departs the White House in Washington, DC, before flying to Dover Air force Base to visit with families of fallen soldiers. US President Donald Trump bitterly attacked top Democrat Nancy Pelosi on January 20, 2019 after she rejected a deal on immigration and the Mexico border wall that would end a 30-day-old government shutdown. Pelosi, speaker of the House of Representatives, on Saturday called Trump's offer of temporary protections for about a million immigrants in return for $5.7 billion to fund the wall a "non-starter."
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The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to go ahead with its plan to restrict military service by transgender people while court challenges continue.

The high court on Tuesday reversed lower-court orders preventing the Pentagon from implementing its plans. But the high court for now declined to take up cases about the plan. The cases will continue to move through lower courts.

Military policy had barred service by transgender people until President Barack Obama's administration began allowing transgender people already in the military to serve openly and set a date when transgender people would be allowed to enlist.

President Donald Trump's administration has revisited those policies. The Trump administration has sought to generally restrict service by transgender people to only those who do not seek to undergo gender transitions.