He said the ruling would enable the program "to do better what Congress intended it to do: provide preventive family-planning services."

A favorable ruling would enable the president to impose limits on steel imports, a move analysts said would not go unanswered.

The ruling removes a major impediment for investigators that had put the inquiry in limbo, and enables prosecutors to move ahead with one of several options.

The problem, some lawyers say, is that court decisions and regulatory rulings sometimes enable companies to say that they have no comment.

The ruling will enable each defendant to make use of the testimony his co-defendants gave to a Congressional hearing under immunity.

"The court's ruling will enable the company to move forward with its reorganization plans," he added.

Its ruling enabled the government to impose duties as high as 62 percent on the offending products.

The court's ruling in Mabo has enabled some Aboriginal peoples to reclaim limited territory appropriated under the doctrine of terra nullius.

Unless strengthened, the Court's ruling will enable states to continue to use this as an excuse.

Their rulings have enabled the rise of some enormous financial conglomerates.