The air resources board adopted a low-carbon fuel standard to carry out the legislation, but a judge blocked the state from enforcing the standard last month in order to allow lawsuits that challenge it to proceed.
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In August, the California state Senate blocked its bid to buy Franklin Financial, a one-branch bank in Southern California.
But the government has proved capable of responding to such crises, Vandewalle said: Authorities were able to disarm the militia that took over Tripoli's airport on June 4, forced attackers out of the prime minister's office and removed protesters who had blocked access to a state-owned oil company.
The fight over Wachovia leaned in Wells Fargo's favor after a state appeals court blocked a lower court ruling that had supported Citigroup's claim to exclusivity in negotiations.
But money-hungry, publicity-thirsty state attorneys general blocked it.
Federal courts have blocked four key parts of the state's Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act, known as SB 1070.
But last weekend, he blocked 10 shots against North Carolina State and then poured in 15 points against North Carolina and its NBA-ready front line.
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The neighboring Malaysian state of Sarawak this week blocked a boat carrying 411 Madurese refugees from landing.
Notably, Mayor Bloomberg tried each of these approaches, but was blocked in the first case by his state government and in the second by the Obama administration.
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The AP is reporting a state judge in Wisconsin has temporarily blocked a law that stripped thousands of government workers of some of their collective-bargaining rights, following a challenge from the Dane County district attorney.
And reforms of the judicial system, though blocked at the federal level, are slowly proceeding state by state.
Their path was blocked by then Alabama Governor George Wallace and his state troopers until President John F Kennedy intervened.
The practical objection is that it would be seen as state aid, and would therefore be blocked or impeded by the European Commission.
The Obama Justice Department blocked a voter-ID law in South Carolina, and the state has filed a federal suit to overturn the decision.
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If Mr Salazar tried to do anything serious, such as overhauling the state justice system or pursuing corrupt officials, he could be blocked.
The only reason why it might not pass the Senate is because a minority of Republicans, led by the Republican leader, would filibuster that bill -- a pretty stark indication of the state of things when a bill that has majority support is blocked by a minority, when that bill would avert the problem that we have confronting us with this imminent deadline.
Similarly, Lynas Corporation of Western Australia has seen its shares rise eight-fold since early 2009, shortly before a state-owned Chinese company attempted to make an investment that was itself blocked by the Australian government.
Hardaway brought his team back with a relentless streak of 3-point shooting, and his blocked shot gave No. 3 Michigan an exhilarating 76-74 victory over No. 10 Ohio State on Tuesday night.
Lord Mackintosh, for the government, said this would allow the secretary of state to intervene in cases where she believed a merger caused sufficient plurality for it to be blocked or for conditions to be attached.
State lawmakers in Connecticut first tried to pass a similar bill in 2009 -- but were ultimately blocked by then-Gov. Jodi Rell, a Republican.
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