A federal judge in Washington, D.C. raises hypothetical questions and references to video games for the Justice Department lawyers as she chairs a second oral debate about the Trump administration’s attempt to restrict or ban transgender American service staff in the military sky.
U.S. District Court Judge Ana Reyes futilely searches for answers to key questions about the executive order signed by the president on January 27 Donald Trump This requires the Ministry of Defense to update guidance on “inter-identification of medical standards for military service” and “revoke guidance that is inconsistent with military preparation.”
Although Trump directs The “radical gender ideology” is banned by all military branches, and the executive order does not explain how the Pentagon should do it – Judge Reyes, appointed by Biden, conducted zero on Wednesday.
The next day, Judge Reyes led the court through the amazing questions of whipping between truth and hypothesis, facts and novels, and was deceived with her own sarcasm and observations.
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U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes poses with a group of protesters (Getty Images/YouTube/Senatordurbin)
At one point, Judge Reyes passed a list of actions taken by the Trump administration against trans people over the past three weeks, including revoking a statute to ensure trans people have equal access to homeless shelter.
Judge Reyes then asked the Justice Department lawyer to tell her whether the action seemed discriminatory in their opinion.
Reyes continued, “What do you think Jesus would say.”
“Do you think he’ll say ‘sounds to me’ or ‘WTF, let them in?'”
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Justice Department attorney Jason Lynch told the court that the government had no answer to what Jesus thought.
The speed of back and forth keeps both trans service members and Trump administration lawyers’ toes on both plaintiffs, even though there has been little in recent times executive orders in very little detail.
Attorneys from the Trump administration and Justice Department declined to answer Reyes’ questions about whether it would be secured for the plaintiffs in the case would not be removed from their roles in the military or faced discrimination, which is a direct result of the executive order. For its part, the Justice Department described the order as an injunction, but rather a suspension, which Lynch said would allow the order Ministry of Defense Time Align its policies with Trump’s orders.
On the second day of the oral debate, Reyes seemed irritated, having nothing to do with her dissatisfaction with the order itself, which she described as a “pure animus” for trans service members.
Reyes does admit that there is a clear national interest in ensuring that the U.S. military is prepared.
“This is the greatest combat power in the world, and we want to keep that way – I already have that part,” the judge said. “So how does this executive order achieve this policy?”
Lynch replied: “By telling the Ministry of Defense to issue the policy within 30 days.”
“Oh, OK, is there any policy?” Judge Reyes joked.
She then outlined a hypothetical situation where she, as the head of the Pentagon, issued a policy that all DOD units were equipped with Pac-Man Machines Miss machines—she pointed out that the games she had in her room, did not Play and let go of steam.
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“So I’m the Secretary of Defense now and I’m thinking about how to prepare my military,” Reyes said. “And I think people need to give up Steam occasionally. So I’m going to issue a policy, namely Pac-Man Machines Miss should be in every unit.”
She challenged Lynch for the 30-day policy: “Will that be consistent?
Lynch said it would be decided by the president.
Does Reyes shelves the order differentiate based on gender, and Reyes asked the Justice Department attorney: “You agree to be fined by gender, right? Isn’t this a gender-based classification?”
The judge has made it clear that she will not rule on executive actions until the Trump administration outlines its policies, including how or to what extent it affects trans service members.
But she continued to investigate Lynch, who reminded him Tuesday that he was legal representative of the Trump administration.
“I mean, I don’t have anyone else to ask, right?” Judge Reyes asked Lynch, then revising the question mark in her voice.
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She told him, “You are the one I want to ask.”
The trans military policy plan is in effect on February 28 and the court has set a March 3 hearing date to consider the executive order.
Fox News’s Jake Gibson contributed to the report.
