Trump administration asks supreme court to reinstate ban on trans troops

Efforts stem from an executive order signed by Trump asserting sexual identity of trans members affects readiness

The Trump administration has asked the US supreme court to reinstate its ban on transgender troops serving in the armed forces after several judges issued separate rulings against it.

In the latest example of the White House appealing over federal judges' heads to the court's nine justices, the solicitor general, John Sauer, tabled a 39-page brief asking them to stay an injunction issued last month by a district court in Tacoma, Washington, which upheld an earlier ruling preventing the policy being implemented.