The Supreme Court has ruled that President Trump can begin enforcing his ban on transgenders in the armed forces.

The ruling is big win for President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who have sought to rid the military of "woke" agendas that undermine cohesion.

The Supreme Court's emergency ruling did not touch the merits of the case, but it means Trump is no longer required to enforce the pro-transgender policy of his predecessor, Joe Biden, while the legal battle continues.

Trump gets huge win

The Supreme Court's liberal wing said they would have rejected the Trump administration's emergency request.

A district court judge in Washington who was appointed by George W. Bush, Bejamin Settle, ruled against Trump on "equal protection" grounds. Settle's ruling applied nationwide and not just to the eight individuals who sued the government.

An appeals court declined to lift Settle's sweeping ban, sending Trump to the Supreme Court.

In their brief to the Supreme Court, the White House ripped the district court's injunction as an unconstitutional attempt to wrest control over the armed forces from the commander-in-chief. The administration also sought to ease the Supreme Court by noting that the ban is "materially indistinguishable" from one that Trump enacted in his first term and which the Supreme Court upheld.

The Supreme Court should take the same course again, the White House said, or at least limit the universal scope of the district court's injunction.

"Absent a stay, the district court’s universal injunction will remain in place for the duration of further review in the Ninth Circuit and in this Court—a period far too long for the military to be forced to maintain a policy that it has determined, in its professional judgment, to be contrary to military readiness and the Nation’s interests," the administration wrote.

Separation of powers upheld

The Trump administration maintains that gender dysphoria is a mental disorder that undermines unity and effectiveness. Trump's ban took effect in February.

"A man’s assertion that he is a woman, and his requirement that others honor this falsehood, is not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of a service member," Trump's executive order reads.

The Supreme Court's ruling, while temporary, is a blow to tyrannical judges who have tried to block Trump from exercising his core responsibilities as president.

Over the past three months, Trump has been repeatedly hemmed in by activist judges who have sought to intrude on core executive domains such as foreign affairs, for example, by ordering Trump to return illegal aliens deported from the United States.

Here, we have another blatant example of judicial overreach that the Supreme Court has wisely rebuked. The Constitution is clear that the president is commander-in-chief of the armed forces - not unelected judges.

"Another MASSIVE victory in the Supreme Court!" White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote. "President Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth are restoring a military that is focused on readiness and lethality – not DEI or woke gender ideology."