U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes told the Justice Department lawyer that "any common sense rational human being understands" that pronoun usage does not impact military readiness.

In a sometimes-fiery hearing, a judge said the Trump administration’s assertion that troops’ pronouns are harming military readiness is “frankly ridiculous.” ...

“Would you agree that if the military is negatively impacted [from the use of pronouns], we all have a lot bigger problems than pronoun use?” Reyes asked. If that is the case, “our military ...

A federal judge tore into President Trump's recent executive order regarding transgender military service members.

In a heated exchange Tuesday, a federal judge pressed the Justice Department on an executive order from President Donald Trump that directed the military to stop using preferred pronouns ...