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,

The trailing candidate for an open Washington state Supreme Court seat is urging voters to check that their ballots have been accepted as he looks to close the gap in a race that remains tight more than a week after Election Day.

An already close race for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat has narrowed further as most counties complete final tallies from the Nov. 5 election