Trump administration asks Supreme Court to discharge 29 transgender troops before their January 2027 trial

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to let the Pentagon discharge 29 transgender service members and would-be enlistees right away. All 29 sued over the military's policy. The government wants them out rather than wait for their trial in January 2027. Lower courts had shielded the 29 after finding the policy was likely rooted in animus and broke their due-process and equal-protection rights. The government disputes that. The wider ban is already in force, because the Supreme Court let it take effect while the case runs. This request covers only the handful of people the courts carved out.

• Solicitor General John Sauer called military authority over who may serve a matter of "exceptional importance"