By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court kicks off its new nine-month term on Monday with major cases in store concerning presidential powers as Donald Trump probes the limits of his authority under the U.S. Constitution and federal law.

The nine justices are scheduled to hear arguments in two cases on Monday and then take up their first big case of the term on Tuesday in a dispute over the legality of a Colorado law that bans “conversion therapy” intended to change a minor’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

That is one of a passel of cases touching on hot-button U.S. culture wars issues, with others due to be argued focusing on transgender student athletes, gun rights and race.

But the major theme of the term promises to be the authority of th

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