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The Transgender Ban

08.06.2019 - By Stewart HarrisPlay

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Is the ban on military service for transgender people unconstitutional?

Eric Merriam thinks so. He’s a law professor at the University of Central Florida who previously worked for the Air Force, both as a Judge Advocate General Corps officer and as a professor at the Air Force Academy. He thinks the ban, allegedly justified by something called “unit cohesion,” is actually based upon unconstitutional animus aimed at trans people.

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