WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to allow enforcement of a ban on transgender people in the military, while legal challenges proceed. The high court filing follows a brief order from a federal appeals court that kept in place a court order blocking the policy nationwide.

The troops also argued that a memo issued by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in February to enforce Trump’s order relied on blatantly inaccurate, irrelevant or outdated informati

The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow President Trump to enforce his ban on transgender troops serving openly in the military. The emergency application asks the justices to lift a Seattle-based federal judge’s nationwide injunction blocking the policy.