Judiciary/Legal Matters

Judicial/Legal

The documents and articles posted below provide background information and historical context on several issues involving public policy legal issues and unsuccessful litigation filed to harass and silence the Center for Military Readiness.

Trump Transgender Policy:

CMR: Legal Battle Over Trump/Mattis Transgender Policy: Update #5

DoD: 5 Things to Know about DoD’s New Policy on Military Service by Transgender Persons & Persons with Gender Dysphoria (Mar. 13, 2019)

Trump Administration Wins Appeals Court Ruling on Military Transgender Policy

Concurring Opinion of Judge Stephen E. Williams, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Jane Doe 2 v. Trump, March 8, 2019

CMR: “Supreme Judicial Commanders” Should Not Run Our Military

CMR: Secretary of Defense Stumbles Into Transgender Legal Morass

2015 Changes to MEO Policy Briefing Card

Bostock Supreme Court Decision:

Elaine Donnelly, The Federalist: Bostock Ruling Shouldn’t Make the Military a Transgender Free-For-All

CMR: Supreme Court Ruling Does Not Make Case for Repeal of 2018 DoD Policy re Transgenders in Military (website version)

CMR: Supreme Court Ruling Does Not Make Case for Repeal of 2018 DoD Policy re Transgenders in Military

SLAPP Suit Against CMR to obtain emails re transgender policy:

CMR News Release: LGBT Lawyers Attacking Trump’s Transgender Policy

CMR: Seattle Subpoena SLAPPs CMR

CMR: LGBT Lawyers Suing to Revoke Trump Military Transgender Policies: Seattle Subpoena SLAPPs CMR

TMLC: Thomas More Law Center Asks Federal Court to Stop LGBT Groups from Harassing the Center for Military Readiness

CMR Policy Analysis: Presidential Authority vs. Activist Judges –Which Side Will Prevail?

Selective Service Registration of Women:

CMR Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief and Senate Armed Services Committee Statement – re Draft Our Daughters issue

CMR: Supreme Court Denies Petition to Include Women in Selective Service Draft Registration

CMR: Donnelly Advocates for the “Home of the Brave and the Land of the Free”

Elaine Donnelly Statement for the Record – National Commission on Military, National, & Public Service, Nov. 15, 2018

CMR Policy Analysis: Congressional Indifference Triggers Court Ruling to “Draft Our Daughters”

CMR: Donnelly Advocates for the “Home of the Brave and the Land of the Free”

Elaine Donnelly Statement for the Record – National Commission on Military, National, & Public Service, Nov. 15, 2018

Litigation Attempting to Silence CMR: Double Standards in Naval Aviation:

CMR: LOHRENZ V. DONNELLY DISMISSED BY THE SUPREME COURT

CMR: D.C. COURT OF APPEALS UPHOLDS RULING IN FAVOR OF THE CENTER FOR MILITARY READINESS

Ruling: Lohrenz v. Donnelly, 350 F. 3d 1272 - Court of Appeals, Dist. of Columbia Circuit 2003

CMR: CMR DEFENDS LEGAL VICTORY BEFORE COURT OF APPEALS

CMR: DoD INSPECTOR GENERAL INVESTIGATING NAVY JAG ABUSE OF POWER

CMR: COURT DISMISSES LAWSUIT TO INCLUDE WOMEN IN DRAFT REGISTRATION

CMR: FEMALE PILOT FILES APPEAL TO OVERTURN CMR VICTORY

CMR: SUMMARY JUDGMENT: CMR WINS DECISIVE VICTORY - CMR (cmrlink.org)

CMR: Feminist Attorney Files Questionable Affidavits in Support of Baseless Litigation

CMR: New Information Undermines Lawsuit Intended to Silence CMR

CMR: CMR ATTORNEYS FILE FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

CMR: CMR LEGAL DEFENSE UPDATE

CMR: PARTIAL SUMMARY OF DEPOSITION TESTIMONY: APRIL 2000 - MAY 2001

CMR: PARTIAL SUMMARY OF DISCOVERY DOCUMENTS AND DEPOSITION TESTIMONY

CMR: PLAINTIFF LOHRENZ DESPERATELY SEEKING SUPPORTIVE STATEMENTS FROM FORMER COLLEAGUES

This is a Summary version of the full CMR Special Report, which reproduced training records of the late Lt. Kara Hultgreen, who died attempting to land her F-14 on the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, and Lt. Carey Lohrenz, who had earned failing training records long before CMR published the CMR Special Report.