President Obama denounced the ruling in his State of the Union speech to Congress in January.

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In Washington, the State Department welcomed the ruling.

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Monday's ruling said that right applies also to state and local gun control laws.

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On Monday, he lashed out at a court ruling against state-imposed cuts to natural-gas companies' prices, calling it "scandalous, " and saying the government would ask Parliament to approve even bigger reductions.

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Now it has the cache of a prefectural-level status after a ruling by the State Council.

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The judge's ruling hews to state election law, though it gives Harris the leeway to extend the deadline.

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