For this market, "blocking" means a court-issued order or judgment that legally prevents the Executive Branch from carrying out a policy, rule, executive action, or enforcement directive at the federal level. Blocking actions include preliminary injunctions, permanent injunctions, restraining orders, vacatur of a rule, stays, declaratory judgments, and writs of mandamus. The court order must be binding and enforceable within the stated timeframe. If a blocking order occurs before the deadline, the market resolves to Yes immediately, even if enforcement is to occur after the deadline. For "unblocking," this refers to courts lifting previous blocks, denying requests for injunctions, or ruling in favor of allowing the executive action to proceed.