The U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling blunting a potent weapon that federal judges have used to block government policies nationwide during legal challenges was in many ways a victory for President Donald Trump,

So far, the Supreme Court has not ruled squarely on Trump's broad assertions of power. But the justices have granted a series of emergency appeals from Trump's lawyers and set aside lower court orders that blocked his initiatives from taking effect.

After months of tension between President Donald Trump and the Supreme Court, the country’s high court ended its term by delivering its biggest win for Trump in his second administration, deciding to decrease the power of lower courts while increasing the president’s own.