In a freewheeling interview, Donald Trump gave those challenging his trans military ban some new legal ammunition

  • 📰 Newsweek
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 46 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 22%
  • Publisher: 52%

United States Headlines News

United States Latest News,United States Headlines

'The numbers he pulled out of the air are completely false,' one law professor said.

A landmark 2016 RAND Corporation study on the topic found that providing transition-related care to active duty personnel would increase the Pentagon's budget by a fraction of a percent. The department's hypothetical spending on trans service members would be dwarfed by the budget for mental health services alone.

Retired Marine Corps Captain Emma Shinn, who served as a Judge Advocate, said that the president's"demonstrably false" statements add to the body of evidence discrediting his rationale behind the ban. "If the things he said are what motivated this policy, then the policy has no rational basis," she said."There's no question this will figure into the litigation."

The RAND study similarly examined international examples of trans-inclusive military policies and found"no significant effect on cohesion, operational effectiveness, or readiness." But Kennedy has retired and Justice Brett Kavanaugh has taken his place to give the court a solid conservative majority. Culhane opined that the conservative justices"don't want to get dragged into the daily tweet storm and what it means" and will ultimately sign off on the ban.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 468. in US

United States Latest News, United States Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

GOP committee chairwoman slammed for saying Americans should be celebrating Donald Trump on D-Day'I don't think the American people like this constant negativity,' Ronna McDaniel said in defense of the president. Hahahaha thats funny. My Dad fought there.. N0 one in his family ever served . He doesnt deserve ANY celebrations on DDay Mind you, to see the body function without a working operating system is to behold. it's the draft dodger who should be celebrated on D-Day. not the brave women and men who gave their lives for freedom and liberty. got it.
Source: Newsweek - 🏆 468. / 52 Read more »

Donald Trump visits Normandy on 75-year anniversary of D-Day'You are among the very greatest Americans who will ever live. You are the pride of our nation. You are the glory of our republic. And we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.' Pres. Trump thanks veterans at D-Day 75th anniversary event. Trzoda 👍 The French lasted 4 weeks?
Source: ABC - 🏆 471. / 51 Read more »

Donald Trump visits Normandy on 75-year anniversary of D-DayPresident Donald Trump traveled to Normandy on Thursday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day and pay tribute to American and allied forces who led the invasion of Nazi-occupied France that was the turning point in World War II. The president and first lady Melania Trump were joined at the commemoration
Source: YahooNews - 🏆 380. / 59 Read more »

Emmanuel Macron addresses Donald Trump directly in D-Day Normandy speech and appears to reference 'MAGA'President Donald Trump appeared bored when Macron talked about multilateralism. DerangedDonald looks that way because he doesn't have a clue to what Macron was saying! AnAssholeAbroad. Impressive as usual. 👎
Source: Newsweek - 🏆 468. / 52 Read more »