The U.S. Appeals Court for the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday sided with the Department of War in an ongoing dispute over the Pentagon's transgender ban.

The three-judge panel dissolved the lower court's order staying the ban, but did issue a stay pending appeal. 

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, earlier this year, imposed a sweeping ban on military service by people who identify as transgender as part of a broader effort to raise physical and mental standards in the service branches and to remove political elements from military culture. But the lower court decision blocked Hegseth from enforcing the policy.

The Court of Appeals ruling on Tuesday said that the district court judge's decision "overrode military judgment and applied a standard of review the courts are not entitled to use when second-guessing force-readiness decisions," according to the Washington Examiner. 

Hegseth has also been dealing with fallout from "SignalGate" and the attacks on drug boats.