Republican Donald Trump's return to the presidency is expected to precipitate a shift in the U.S. government's legal stance in major cases pending at the Supreme Court, including a closely watched dispute involving Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors.

Donald Trump returns to the White House shielded with presidential immunity by the Supreme Court and with the prospect of cementing a conservative majority on the bench for at least a generation.Steve Vladeck,

Donald Trump’s Supreme Court appointments in his next term could influence America for decades, and the Democrats know it, writes.

The Supreme Court in prior rulings has limited the authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the federal agency that polices securities fraud. Its rulings in the Facebook and Nvidia cases - expected by the end of June - now could make it tougher for private litigants to hold companies liable for such conduct.

The case, which is in an early stage, accused the giant technology company of misleading investors about its exposure to the cryptocurrency industry.