By Devan Cole, CNN
(CNN) — The Supreme Court said Tuesday that the Trump administration can begin immediately enforcing a ban on transgender service members.
The decision is a major victory for President Donald Trump in his effort to get the high court to unlock various parts of his second term agenda that have been held up by lower courts reviewing scores of legal challenges to his policies.
The court’s three liberal members publicly dissented from the court’s decision.
During Trump’s first term, the high court permitted Trump to enforce a similar – yet slightly more permissive – ban on trans service members. That prohibition was later reversed by President Joe Biden.
Under the new ban, “service members who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria will be processed for separation from military service,” according to a memo outlining the policy.
The Pentagon will also not allow transgender Americans to join any branch of the military.
It’s unclear exactly how many transgender individuals serve in the military; in 2018, an independent research institute estimated there were 14,000 transgender troops serving.
A senior defense official previously told CNN there are 4,240 service members across active-duty, reserve, and the National Guard with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, defined as the psychological distress an individual feels when their gender identity differs from their gender at birth. But not every transgender individual has gender dysphoria.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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