The Obama administration also had to weigh the desire to stop Mr. Jones from proceeding with his plans against the recognition the once-obscure preacher, with a congregation of less than 50, would get from a direct appeal from the president.
In a blunt, 90-minute meeting with China's president, Hu Jintao, before a nuclear security summit meeting here, Mr. Obama pressed the Chinese leader to use his influence over North Korea to stop it from proceeding with a satellite launching next month, a White House official said.
Charles Fried, solicitor general under Ronald Reagan, said the ruling by a Federal District Court in Washington State blocking Mr. Trump's order resembled a ruling by a Texas district court stopping Mr. Obama from proceeding with his own immigration order.
The lawsuit, filed in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Wednesday, seeks a court injunction to stop the library from proceeding with preparatory or demolition work, and to bar city officials from providing funding for the renovation.
Corvex and Related added that they would keep in place a lawsuit they had filed earlier on Wednesday intended to stop the company from proceeding with an equity offering that Corvex and Related contended would destroy value.
None of the efforts stopped immigration officials from proceeding with her removal.
It is a myth that judicial review is stopping the government from proceeding with policies to help boost the economy.
The prime minister is missing the point - it is a myth that judicial review is stopping the government from proceeding with policies to help boost the economy.
Adam Chapman, a partner at the law firm Kingsley Napley, said: "The prime minister is missing the point – it is a myth that judicial review is stopping the government from proceeding with policies to help boost the economy.
In July, Armstrong filed a federal lawsuit to stop the antidoping agency from proceeding with its case, claiming it had deprived him of due process.
Stanley H. Hartt, the chairman of Citigroup Global Markets Canada, which is advising Minmetals, said the negative publicity would not stop the Chinese company from proceeding with its bid.
