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Punishment of the terrorist or espionage agent is really a secondary objective;31 indeed, punishment of a terrorist is often a mootpoint.
The Volokh Conspiracy » My Analysis of the Oregon FISA Decision: 2007
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Granted, I should have been doing something more productive … but this was a profit, so therefore that's a mootpoint.
Anime Nano! 2008
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Once the individual State governments had lost their capability to select their own representatives (post-17a), then the question of any Senator’s “entitlements” effectively became a mootpoint.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Recalls of U.S. Senators Are Unconstitutional 2010
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The attorney general’s office had subpoenaed Twitter Inc. to ascertain the identities of two users who had posted writings sympathetic to the defendants, but prosecutors said after Friday’s hearing that the information had not been produced and they considered it a mootpoint.
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The attorney general’s office had subpoenaed Twitter Inc. to ascertain the identities of two users who had posted writings sympathetic to the defendants, but prosecutors said after Friday’s hearing that the information had not been produced and they considered it a mootpoint.
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Once the individual State governments had lost their capability to select their own representatives post-17a, then the question of any Senator’s “entitlements” effectively became a mootpoint.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Recalls of U.S. Senators Are Unconstitutional 2010
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Reading with comprehension, to borrow the teacher’s saying, is a mootpoint.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Should Lawmakers, Um, Read the Laws They’re Voting On?: 2009
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