U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes said the policy is “soaked in animus” and discriminates against transgender people.

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes of Washington, D.C. on Tuesday night ruled a Trump administration executive order violates the Equal Protection Clause and a ban on transgender troops in the military “is soaked in animus.

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from banning transgender people from serving in the military, ruling that the plan violated the Constitution’s equal protection clause.