The federal judge who stopped President Trump's proposed ban on transgender people in the military should be impeached, Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore said.

In a statement released Monday night, Moore blasted U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, saying her ruling was a "clear example of judicial activism."

Moore's statement echo comments he made in a campaign speech Saturday in Decatur saying that the military does not need transgender soldiers and sailors.

Moore's statement noted that Kollar-Kotelly was appointed to the bench by former President Bill Clinton. He also alluded to the American Psychiatric Association removing transgenderism from its list of mental disorders in 2013.

Moore faces Democrat Doug Jones in the Dec. 12 general election. Jones was not immediately available for comment on the federal ruling.

Moore's full statement:

"The decision of a federal judge in the District of Columbia enjoining President Trump's executive order on transgenderism in the military is absolutely ridiculous and is a perfect example of the outlandish doctrine of judicial supremacy whereby judges exalt themselves over the Constitution they are sworn to uphold. As recently as 2013, the American Psychiatric Association considered transgenderism to be a mental disorder. And only in 2016 did the Obama administration attempt to impose that delusion upon our fighting forces. To say that President Trump cannot prohibit transgenderism in the military is a clear example of judicial activism. Even the United States Supreme Court has never declared transgenderism to be a right under the Constitution.

"Judge Kollar-Kotelly should be impeached by the House of Representatives for unlawful usurpation of power (Article II, SS 4) and lack of good behavior (Article III, SS 1), and referred to the Senate for a vote on removal. Not only has she placed herself above the Constitution in finding such a nonexistent right, but she has also interfered with the powers of the President as Commander in Chief of the armed forces under Article II, SS 2, of the Constitution.

"Unless we return to faithful obedience to the Constitution and the separation of powers set out therein, our form of government and our liberties will be in dire jeopardy. Congress should not turn a deaf ear to this flagrant usurpation of executive authority."

Trump announced the policy in an unexpected series of tweets in July that surprised military leaders.

Last month, Secretary of Defense James Mattis announced he was putting a hold on the proposal pending further review.

Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, in a weekend speech to the gay advocacy group Human Rights Campaign, said that Moore's views regarding homosexuality should be condemned.

The Foundation for Moral Law, founded by Moore and whose wife, Kayla, is now president, also issued a statement opposing the judge's ruling.

"As the wife of a West Point graduate and Vietnam Veteran, I am appalled that Judge Kollar-Kotelly would use her office to force transgenderism upon the United States armed forces," Kayla Moore said. "The military is not a place for social experimentation; it is to be a fit fighting force that wins our nation's wars.

"This is one more Obama policy that the voters repudiated last November, but now a federal judge won't let President Trump change it."

Updated today, Oct. 31, 2017, at 2:47 p.m. with the statement from the Foundation For Moral Law.