President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to allow enforcement of a ban on transgender people in the military, while legal challenges proceed. Without an order from the nation's highest court,

Lower courts had blocked the policy, saying it was not supported by evidence and violated equal protection principles.

(Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to allow implementation of his order banning transgender people from serving in the military, one of a series of directives by the Republican president to curb transgender rights.