Barcelona took advantage of having an extra man, Luis Suárez's second-half double setting up a 2-1 win that Atlético must overturn without Torres at the Vicente Calderón.
The parliamentary regulation is enshrined in 400 years of constitutional history and may be difficult to overturn without setting a political precedent.
It is unlikely that any significant threat would have materialized if the 41 governments deposed by the United States had remained in office until voted out or overturned without U.S. help.
The courts have felt that the precedent was too strongly fixed to be overturned without legislative enactment, although they have frequently criticized the rule and recognized its illogical nature and the injustice which results from it.
The decision to reject the right of return of residents of Diego Garcia overturns without debate a high court judgment four years ago that criticised the behaviour of previous British governments and opened the way for the islanders to go home.
However, the partisan rhetoric of the campaign is not diminishing and seems unlikely to be overturned without an extraordinary crisis; and the incentive for leaders and groups to advance counternarratives to those of Trump's supporters remains high.
And if the term limits law is overturned without taking it to the voters, it would only feed the cynicism that some people feel about the power of their vote, especially in the environment following the presidential election in Florida".
Juliet Lyon of the Prison Reform Trust said the ban should be overturned without further fuss or delay: "The decision is profoundly embarrassing for the government and places on it a clear and urgent obligation to overturn the blanket ban on sentenced prisoners voting.
The status quo is simply too strong to be overturned without it.
A: It's my view that the really awful consequence of Citizens United -- SuperPACs -- can be overturned without overturning Citizens United.
