WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to go ahead with its plan to restrict military service by transgender people while court challenges continue.

The high court on Tuesday reversed lower-court orders preventing the Pentagon from implementing its plans. But the high court for now declined to take up cases about the plan. The cases will continue to move through lower courts.

Military policy had barred service by transgender people until former President Barack Obama's administration began allowing transgender people already in the military to serve openly and set a date when transgender people would be allowed to enlist.

President Donald Trump’s administration has revisited those policies. The Trump administration has sought to generally restrict service by transgender people to only those who don’t seek to undergo gender transitions.

In a statement regarding the ruling, the Florida LGBTA Democratic Caucus called the Trump administration a place of "exclusion" and that was the reason why the president banned transgender military members from service. 

"The Trump administration is one of exclusion and division, which is the only reason behind President Trump's inexplicable ban on transgender military members that even military leaders did not support. Donald Trump's conservative Supreme Court backed him on this today, in a disturbing ruling that underscores the challenges the LGBT community still faces despite widespread acceptance in America. We stand with our transgender brothers and sisters who want to serve our country," the caucus stated.