Talbott v. Trump (1:25-cv-00240)

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Preliminary injunction hearing
2025-02-18

Reyes goes off. "You cannot tell me that transgender people are not being discriminated against." Of the Stonewall website deletion, Reyes says, "We are literally erasing their contributions to modern society. ... It screams animus."
"Every single pronoun in the history of mankind has been invented." - Reyes's response to this part of the EO:
(b)  The Secretary shall promptly issue directives for DoD to end invented and identification-based pronoun usage to best achieve the policy outlined in section 2 of this order.
Reyes asks whether saying an entire group of people are dishonest, undisciplined, and lack integrity — "people who have been under fire" — "expresses animus." DOJ's Lynch will not provide a yes or no answer. Reyes responds: "We are dealing with unadulterated animus."
DOJ refuses to say whether pronoun usage harms military preparedness, and Reyes is not happy about it. "It is frankly ridiculous" to claim that. "You have 10 days to find me a person," she says, a commissioned officer, who says so, and they will have to get on the stand to discuss their position.
Jason Lynch from DOJ is the lawyer opposing the challenge to this executive order in court. He is a 2012 UVA Law grad who has worked at DOJ for most of the past 9 years.
Dated: February 12, 2025 Respectfully submitted,
BRETT A. SHUMATE
 Acting Assistant Attorney General
 ALEXANDER K. HAAS
 Director, Federal Programs Branch
Case 1:25-cv-00240-ACR Document 38 Filed 02/12/25 Page 51 of 52
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 JEAN LIN
 Special Litigation Counsel
 /s/ Jason C. Lynch
 JASON C. LYNCH
 ELIZABETH B. LAYENDECKER
 Trial Attorneys
U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch

Executive Order
2025-01-28