By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court has given itself more opportunities in the coming months to overturn its own past rulings, a signal that its conservative justices are rethinking how much allegiance they owe to legal precedents set years ago by the nation's top judicial body.

The Supreme Court debated limits on presidential power to fire FTC members, signaling a potential shift in agency independence.

A Tennessee license plate was revoked because it may have referred to sexual domination. The Supreme Court has declined to weigh in.

The court’s conservative majority seemed ready to overturn or strictly limit a landmark decision from 1935 in a case dealing with President Trump’s attempt to fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission.

Thomas has made public comments in the past about facing personal student loan debt.

Supreme Court appears set to expand presidential power and upset nine decades of law on independent agencies.