Snap! Or Is That "Slap!"

Another judge has stopped Trump's military trans ban, cold. And he wasn't gentle about it:

A federal judge has entirely halted President Donald Trump's ban on transgender people serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, and called the Commander-in-Chief's tweets announcing the total ban in July "capricious, arbitrary, and unqualified." Trump this past summer sought to bar any new transgender recruits from entering the military and discharge all openly-transgender service members.

The cherry on top:

"President Trump’s tweets did not emerge from a policy review, nor did the Presidential Memorandum identify any policymaking process or evidence demonstrating that the revocation of transgender rights was necessary for any legitimate national interest," Judge Garbis wrote in his decision "Based on the circumstances surrounding the President’s announcement and the departure from normal procedure, the Court agrees with the D.C. Court that there is sufficient support for Plaintiffs’ claims that 'the decision to exclude transgender individuals was not driven by genuine concerns regarding military efficacy.'" . . . .

"An unexpected announcement by the President and Commander in Chief of the United States via Twitter that 'the United States Government will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military' certainly can be considered shocking under the circumstances," the decision continued.

Happy Thanksgiving, asshole.

Waiting for outraged statement from Tony Perkins about "lawless judges" in 5 . . . 4 . . . 3 . . . .

Because we all know this "policy" was a sop to the anti-LGBT "Christians" in the base.

For all you legal geeks, the decision is here. It's very closely reasoned and very precise.