The U.S. Appeals Court for the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday sided with the Department of War in an ongoing dispute over the Pentagon’s transgender ban.
The three-judge panel dissolved the lower court’s order staying the ban, but did issue a stay pending appeal.
Hegseth, earlier this year, imposed a sweeping ban on transgender military service as part of a broader effort to raise physical and mental standards in the service branches and to remove political elements from military culture.
President Donald Trump’s Department of Defense imposed a more limited ban in his first term.
