The memo says the Defense Department is returning to the Biden-era medical policy for transgender service members due to a court order that struck down Hegseth’s restrictions as unconstitutional. The administration is appealing the move, but a federal appeals court in California denied the department’s effort to halt the policy while its challenge is pending.

So the court ordered them too.

The article is making it out like the DoD is “defying” Hegseth, but that seems like a misrepresentaion, as it seems he has to go along with this.

I guess it’s a “win” because the DoD isn’t openly defying an order…