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What about the 15,000 current trans service members? (Number from a tweet I just got from the ACLU) Surely, they might have legal standing?
I'd think they should have standing, sure; they're directly affected, presumably, though no one appears to know what the hell his stupid regulations via twitter' means (like is it supposed to mean kicking people out, specifying roles, not letting new people in, not paying for certain things, who knows). And removing previously afforded status is weird, yeah, which I'd imagine will be a big part of their fight, at least in the immediate sense, though, again, I don't think anyone even knows what they're going to be fighting.
That's probably why the request for contact from current military -- both because they will take plaintiffs (and need plaintiffs) and because no one knows what's going on or what form it's going to take, so they're looking for people who will say, 'I was just told...' so they can figure out a plan.