The court has also blocked legislation to lift a ban on Islamic headscarves at public universities.
And Peru recently agreed to lift a ban on certain cuts of American beef.
He points to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has recently sought to lift a ban on fracking.
India's Tamil Nadu state has been ordered by a court to lift a ban on the screening of a film which has been denounced by Muslim groups.
BBC: Tamil Nadu told to lift suspension of Vishwaroopam film
He tried to jumpstart that process Thursday by announcing a fresh push to transfer approved detainees to their home countries and lift a ban on transfers to Yemen.
The EU has still failed to lift a ban, declared illegal by the WTO six years ago, on American and Canadian beef from cattle treated with growth hormones.
On 25 April, the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will lift a ban on a handful of items previously considered hazardous, including lacrosse sticks, baseball bats and certain knives.
After a decade of keeping sales figures a secret, superstore giant Wal-Mart has decided to lift a ban on the reporting of product sales, meaning that at long last the NPD will have access to video game sales numbers from the retailer.
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Most Republicans want to lift a 1981 ban on offshore drilling, saying it will increase domestic oil supplies.
Among the sticking points: a proposal to lift a 1981 ban on offshore oil drilling and open the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve in Alaska for exploration.
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Peru recently agreed to lift a sanitary ban on certain cuts of American beef to satisfy Max Baucus, who will chair the Senate Finance Committee in the new Congress.
In an internal document seen by the BBC, the EU said it was confident that two mines in the area now meet international standards and it wants diamonds from those areas to be immediately approved for export, which would partially lift a trade ban dating back to 2009.
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Conservatives are limbering up for a battle to lift the longstanding ban on religious education in public schools.
Still, last week, Jakarta seemed set to break a pledge to lift the export ban on crude palm oil.
Russian lawmakers rejected a petition urging them to lift the ban on Monday.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, had offered a proposal to Republicans that would allow a vote on a measure that would lift the drilling ban.
Authorities had planned to lift the vehicle ban in Baghdad at 6 a.m.
Members of the Protestant Orange Order's ruling body have voted overwhelmingly to defeat a motion calling on it to lift its ban on talking directly to the Northern Ireland Parades Commission.
The Tory party tabled a motion to lift the Westminster government's ban on sales of beef on the bone.
Last month, the UN Security Council agreed to partially lift its ban on selling arms to Somalia for a year.
The UN Security Council has unanimously voted to partially lift its ban on selling arms on Somalia for a year.
Bolivian President Evo Morales, who is also the head of Bolivia's coca growing union, had campaigned hard to get the UN to reverse what he called a "historic wrong" and lift its longstanding ban on the chewing of coca leaves.
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"If they don't want to lift the ban then they must compensate the fisherman, " said a fisherman who asked not to be named.
But the king, who has said that allowing women to drive is a social, not a religious, issue, has so far not moved to lift the ban.
This week, Ecology and Environment was listed as a member of the Independent Oil and Gas Association of New York in a letter sent to Gov. Andrew Cuomo urging him to lift the ban.
Writers and painters seem to pick up the gauntlet only when pushed to the wall or when under a spotlight (why did a petition by India's writers to the government to lift the ban on The Satanic Verses come 23 years after the book was banned?).
Last April, the New York Times reported, a new law was passed that requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to lift the ban on mass advertising of private offerings.
The Supreme Court responded by asking the military to lift the ban and allow Salameh to study at Hebrew University, where she is pursuing a Ph.
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In a recent blog, Mrs Miller explained that the Church of England would itself be able to lift the ban.
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