Supreme Court rules Trump's total ban on transgender troops can stand | 6 May 2025 | The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that President Donald Trump's ban on transgender troops can stand. It's a huge win for the president and his Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The Supreme Court's ruling lifts a lower court's decision to pause Trump's policy, which the administration called "dramatic and facially unfair." The order allows the Department of Defense to continue removing transgender service members from the military and denying enlistment while lawsuits continue in the lower courts. On January 20, President Trump signed an executive order ordering Hegseth to enact a ban on "individuals with gender dysphoria" serving in the U.S. military.