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,

The Supreme Court’s ruling narrowed the authority of federal judges but still left open several channels to challenge the president’s executive order banning birthright citizenship.

The ruling clears a major hurdle to President Trump’s agenda and could reshape American citizenship, at least temporarily, as lower court challenges proceed.