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Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness (Trump EO Tracker)

January 28, 2025

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Summary

This order directs the Secretary of Defense to promptly issue directives for DoD to end invented and identification-based pronoun usage to best achieve high standards for troops. Absent extraordinary operational necessity, the Armed Forces shall neither allow males to use or share sleeping, changing, or bathing facilities designated for females, nor allow females to use or share sleeping, changing, or bathing facilities designated for males. 

Legal Challenges

Case Name Nicolas Talbott, et al. v. Donald Trump, et al., Case No. 1:25-cv-00240
Date Complaint Filed January 28, 2025
Venue United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Summary

Plaintiffs are a group of active duty transgender service members and prospective or current enlistees. They sue Defendants (President Trump and various agencies and officials) and argue that the categorical exclusion of transgender individuals from military service violates equal protection under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause because the policy is arbitrary and lacks a legitimate government interest. Plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief.

Related Cases
  • Shilling v. Trump (W. D. Wash.), Case No. 2:25-cv-00241 


Case Name Shilling v. Trump, Case No. 2:25-cv-00241
Date Complaint Filed February 6, 2025
Venue United States District Court for the Western District of Washington at Seattle 
Summary

Plaintiffs, including active and prospective transgender service members, sue Defendants (President Trump and various agencies and officials), and argue that the Order banning transgender individuals from serving in the military violates the equal protection and due process guarantees of the Fifth Amendment and the free speech guarantee of the First Amendment.  Plaintiffs seek declaratory judgment and a permanent injunction against enforcement of the Executive Order. 

Related Cases
  • Nicolas Talbott, et al. v. Donald Trump, et al. (D.D.C.), Case No. 1:25-cv-00240

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