President Trump's executive order barring transgender people from serving openly in the military is now being weighed in federal court.

The judge in the case appeared to express doubt that the ban could be justified as necessary to improve military readiness.

Here's Lisa Desjardin.

Among the executive orders that Trump signed last month was one stating that transgender

Americans cannot satisfy the rigorous standards necessary for military service and that the

Pentagon must move to change the policy allowing them to serve. One of those who could be

affected by that joins us now. Commander Emily Schilling is a decorated Navy pilot with over 60 combat missions and high-risk work as a test pilot.

She's also transgender and the lead plaintiff in one of the legal challenges against the Trump executive order.

Commander, thank you for joining us.

Secretary Hague Seth still has about a week or so to meet the

deadline for this new policy and exactly define what it will be. But as we wait for that,

have you seen any effect from this executive order, either yourself personally or in the military?

Yeah, Lisa, first, thank you for having us on tonight.

These views are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Navy or the Department

of Defense.

So far, we have thousands of transgender troops currently serving in our armed forces today,

and they are deployed across the world, embedded in units today.

And these executive orders and the discussion around transgender service has an immediate

effect on them, from overzealous commanders who are taking executive orders as action, to just

a detriment to the morale of these individuals and their ability to focus on the mission that they've

signed up to volunteer for.

You are the lead plaintiff in this lawsuit.

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