U.S. appeals court orders new review of Trump transgender military ban

(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday ordered a lower court judge to reconsider her ruling against U.S. President Donald Trump's restrictions on transgender people from serving in the military, a policy that has already been allowed to go into effect by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals set aside a decision by federal judge in Seattle, Washington, which said Trump's policy likely violated the constitutional rights of transgender recruits and service members.

(Reporting by Andrew Chung and Jonathan Stempel in New York.; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)