The provision would bar Federal judges from responding to the most compelling constitutional claim if it "has been fully and fairly adjudicated in state proceedings."

The decisions said the provision violated the First Amendment guarantee of free speech and barred its enforcement.

One provision would bar a familiar tactic of retaliation - the revocation of a complaining worker's security clearance.

Those provisions barred government money for international groups that "actively promote" abortion through counseling, public information campaigns or lobbying to legalize it.

A loophole-marred provision would bar lobbyists from picking up the tab for lawmakers' meals and entertainment.

He planned to sell it for my mother's short-term equity--if the provisions of her will did not bar the sale.

This provision effectively bars minorities from opening checking accounts, which are one of the basic tools for full participation in the economy.

The provisions could bar a shareholder with more than 10 percent of the stock, but not 90 percent, from engaging in a business combination for five years.

Another provision would bar convicted felony violators for life from obtaining a strip mine permit.

This provision would have barred the Census Bureau's plans to use computer-aided sampling to help count the population in 2000.