Under Trump, US government legal stance poised to shift at Supreme Court

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court is pictured in Washington, U.S., October 8, 2024. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - 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.

After Trump succeeds Democrat Joe Biden on Jan. 20, other big cases in which the new administration could change positions include ones involving the largely untraceable firearms called "ghost guns," nuclear waste storage, flavored vape products and securities fraud, according to legal experts.