Napolitano to Newsmax: No Choice for Judge but to Block Trans Military Ban

Retired New Jersey Superior Court Judge Andrew Napolitano weighed in on the legal wrangling between the Trump administration and a federal judge who blocked an executive order banning transgender military service.

He told Newsmax on Monday that the judge had no choice.

“She based her decision on the Civil Rights Act of ’64,” Napolitano said on “Wake Up America.” “When the Civil Rights Act of ’64, which bars the government from making decisions on the basis of race, gender, national origin, religion, etc., was enacted, there were two efforts to include — it wasn’t called that at the time — LGBTQ. Both failed. It’s clear that the legislators did not intend that.

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