President-elect Donald Trump is likely to reverse the current administration's position on several issues set to come before the U.S. Supreme Court in the next year, the Washington Examiner reported.
Trump's defense attorney in several of the criminal cases against him, D. John Sauer, is set to become solicitor general after Trump takes office in January, placing him in a position to reverse the Justice Department's arguments in cases that concern hot-button issues such as medical procedures for transgender minors, ghost guns, the regulation of flavored e-cigarettes or vapes, and emissions regulations in Democrat-led states like California.
Law professor Jonathan Adler of Case Western Reserve University told Roll Call in November that Trump has several options for reversing the Biden administration's position on cases before the court.
"The court likes to think that the federal government has a fairly consistent position, and so, your changes in position are kind of disfavored, but obviously can occur in cases and contexts where the position of the Justice Department reflects the policy views of the new administration," Adler said.
The court already heard oral arguments in a case involving a Tennessee law that prohibits gender care for minors, which the Biden administration argued is unconstitutional and discriminatory. The Trump administration is expected to reverse that stance and support Tennessee.
A rule regulating the sale of firearm kits, used to make untraceable ghost guns, imposed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives under President Joe Biden is also under review by the court, and the National Rifle Association and Gun Owners of America are pushing for Trump to rescind firearms regulations set by Biden.
Other cases that could be impacted by the change in administration include a lawsuit over expanded access to the abortion medication mifepristone filed by Missouri, Idaho, and Kansas and a lawsuit by Texas against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
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