It caps an amazing week of high drama for the president — one that, at the start, could have been a disaster if the court had ruled the other way on this case and on the Affordable Care Act subsidies, or if the high-wire act on trade had crashed and burned.  

Obama’s own public conversion on same-sex marriage in 2012 aligned his oft-repeated lines about not discriminating against people based on who they love with his actual policy positions. A three-year sprint later, that position is now the law of the land.  

The president made a statement at 11 a.m. in the Rose Garden — his second victory lap appearance in as many days. You can read the full transcript at this link. He already tweeted out his approval — in what may become one of the most-retweeted tweets of all time:  

https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/614435467120001024  

He will then head to Charleston, S.C., for a more somber duty — giving the eulogy following the horrific shooting that has roiled the nation and brought lawmakers in both parties together in ways that didn’t quite seem possible even a week ago.  

In one week, the Confederate flag has come down across the country, and the rainbow flag of the LGBT community is waving.