The policy targets 4,240 service members who may be distressed because their gender identity differs from their sex at birth.

Lower courts had blocked the policy, saying it was not supported by evidence and violated equal protection principles.

The Supreme Court weighed in on the Trump administration's transgender military ban after a lower court's decision blocking the ban was appealed to the high court.

The Supreme Court said Tuesday that the Trump administration can begin immediately enforcing a ban on transgender service members in the military.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration can move forward with a ban on transgender military service members for now, lifting a lower court injunction against the policy after a judge ruled it was an "unsupported, dramatic and facially unfair exclusionary policy."

President Trump issued an executive order in January that targeted active-duty and prospective service members with gender dysphoria.

LGBTQ+ advocates said the Trump administration’s purge of transgender troops is unconstitutional and will hurt national security and waste resources.

The US Supreme Court will let the Trump administration begin executing its ban on transgender military service members

The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump’s administration to enforce a ban on transgender people in the military, while legal challenges proceed.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to intervene after a pause on the Pentagon's new ban on transgender people serving in the military.

A federal judge had blocked the reversal of the Biden policy, saying the government provided no evidence that trans people undermined the armed forces.

Aishwarya Bhati defended the restrictions, submitting that the decision was taken by the doctors based on the viability of the blood.