A federal judge temporarily blocked the Pentagon's ban on transgender service to prevent the removal of two Air Force sergeants while case is argued

A federal judge denied the Department of Defense's effort to block transgender people from enlisting in the U.S. military under the Trump administration.

The Associated Press notes U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick in Boston issued a preliminary injunction against the directive. The American Civil Liberties Union, which represents the plaintiffs, in a press release notes Kobick concluded Trump’s executive order “is likely unconstitutional and in violation of the law.”