Judge Ana Reyes, a former anti-Trump legal activist, is accused of bias by DOJ after halting military policy barring ‘transgender’ individuals.
By yourNEWS Media Newsroom
Judge Ana Reyes, a U.S. District Court judge appointed by President Joe Biden, is under fire for her decision to block President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military. Reyes, previously an attorney for left-wing organizations and an opponent of Trump-era immigration policies, is now the subject of a legal misconduct complaint from the Department of Justice, which accuses her of bias and improper conduct during court proceedings.
Before her appointment to the bench in Washington, D.C., Reyes was involved in litigation opposing Trump’s border security measures. In 2018, she sued to block a Department of Homeland Security rule requiring migrants to seek asylum at official ports of entry. An Obama-appointed judge ruled in Reyes’s favor in 2019, halting the rule until Biden assumed office and dropped the case.
Reyes, praised as the first openly LGBTQ and Latino woman on the D.C. district court, has made substantial donations to Democrats, according to federal records. Her contributions include support for Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, and Joe Biden, dating back to 2008.
On Tuesday, Reyes ruled that Trump’s executive order discriminated against transgender individuals and halted its enforcement. “Leaders have used concern for military readiness to deny marginalized persons,” Reyes wrote. “First minorities, then women in combat, then gays filled in that blank. Today, however, our military is stronger and our Nation is safer for the millions of such blanks (and all other persons) who serve.”
The Department of Defense has argued that individuals with gender dysphoria are unable to meet the mental and physical standards necessary for military service, citing medical and psychological constraints. Trump’s executive order stated that identifying as the opposite sex is “not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of a service member.”
In February, the Department of Justice filed a complaint accusing Reyes of “hostile and egregious misconduct.” According to the DOJ, Reyes told government attorneys that Trump was “literally erasing transgender people” and questioned a DOJ attorney about his religious beliefs. During the hearing, Reyes allegedly asked, “What do you think Jesus would say to telling a group of people that they are so worthless, so worthless that we’re not going to allow them into homeless shelters?” referencing a Trump Department of Housing and Urban Development policy reversing Democrat-backed shelter regulations.
Reyes also reportedly asked, “Do you think Jesus would be, ‘Sounds right to me’? Or do you think Jesus would say, ‘WTF? Of course, let them in?’” The DOJ alleges these comments reflect religious and political bias and warrant disciplinary review.
Her ruling adds to mounting conservative criticism of what are described as “activist judges.” Recent court decisions have stalled deportations of suspected gang members and foreign students tied to pro-terrorist activity, canceled green energy funding, and blocked a policy restricting biological males from women’s prisons.
Reyes has given Trump administration officials until Friday to file an emergency appeal in defense of the military ban. Her office did not respond to a request for comment.
The complaint against Reyes adds to ongoing conservative criticism of “activist” judges that the Trump administration says are overstepping their bounds. Judges so far have stalled deportations of suspected gang members and a pro-terrorist college student, cancellations of green energy funding, a policy barring men from women’s prisons, and other Trump directives amid lawsuits.
Reyes’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Reyes gave Trump’s officials until Friday to file an emergency appeal in favor of the military policy.
Currently, district court judges have assumed the mantle of Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, Secretary of Homeland Security and Commander-in-Chief. Each day, they change the foreign policy, economic, staffing and national security policies of the Administration. Each day…
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