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Members of the public are normally barred from private family court hearings - but reporters have been allowed to attend since 2009, with judicial heads relaxing the rules earlier this year.

A federal judge temporarily barred troops from deploying to Portland, however.

In September, the Supreme Court temporarily lifted a lower-court order that had barred immigration agents in Los Angeles from “roving” patrols.

Supporters of "the former regime or terrorist organisations" were barred from membership, as were advocates of "secession, division or seeking foreign intervention".

Proposition 22 had language that explicitly barred drivers from collectively bargaining over their compensation, benefits and working conditions.