The provisional decision affects Gwynne Wilcox, a member of the National Labor Relations Board, and Cathy Harris, a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board.

Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday allowed President Donald Trump to temporarily remove two board members at independent labor agencies while the justices consider whether the president may permanently fire them.

The Supreme Court is handing the Trump administration a series of early victories as its policy agenda faces legal hurdles in the lower courts, signaling that the justices are increasingly willing to push back on overly broad procedural rulings from trial judges,