Earthjustice, a nonprofit environmental law firm, is suing to block the lease of state-owned land in Otter Creek, Mont., to Arch Coal for mining to serve demand in Asia and elsewhere.

地球公正，一个非盈利的环保律师事务所，正在请求阻止租赁蒙大拿奥特·克里克的国有土地和劝阻阿奇煤炭公司开采煤矿用于满足亚洲和其它地区的需求。

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In January, 13 anti-death-penalty groups wrote to the European Commission, asking for the law to be amended to block any deal that might result in European goods being used in executions.

一月份，13个反对死刑阻止给欧盟委员会写了一封信，要求修改法律以阻止任何欧洲生产的产品被用于执行死刑。

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In response, CTIA-The Wireless Association, which represents the wireless communications industry, filed suit July 23 in U. S. District Court in San Francisco to block enforcement of the new law.

同时，代表无线通讯产业的美国无线通讯协会（CTIA-The Wireless Association），于7月23日在美国地方法院提出反对诉讼，阻止这项新法律的实行。

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Opponents in Congress say they will try to block some measures in the new law.

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Tellingly, the government's only worry about the deal is that it could lead to a back-door introduction of heavy-handed American-style regulation a threat it will block through a change in the law.

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In 2010, President Obama and the Democrats in Congress risked and narrowly averted the rejection of their signature health-care law in order to block the inclusion of provisions (such as the 1970s Hyde Amendment) that prevent federal abortion funding.

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Kerr also pointed out that there's a conflict of interest when the executive branch, which oversees law enforcement in the state, is in a position to block laws that would limit the powers of law enforcement.

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