They may also be freed from this obligation if a higher court blocks the ruling.

"The Congress rebukes him and a court blocks his rules in just two days."

However, other groups could intervene legally and ask the courts to block the regulations.

Last month, a federal court in Atlanta blocked the new book's publication.

On Saturday, by a vote of 5 to 4, the court blocked the recount for now.

Last fall the court blocked the deal on antitrust grounds, but has been asked to reconsider.

As the courts block one legal avenue after another, they say, the battle is likely to intensify on other fronts.

The court had blocked enforcement of the law pending its full review.

He would not permit the courts to block governmental invasion of our private lives.

It was the second time the courts blocked the conference at the request of nationalist groups.