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Examples
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A friend sent me this e-mail, which illustrates thepoint:
The Volokh Conspiracy » Would “Deem & Pass” Survive Judicial Review? 2010
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Anonsters: That there are people who expect (and that there are people who demand) Jews to is thepoint.
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This can be so expensive and uncertain that many employers just impose hiring and promotion quotas upon themselves (which is, basically, thepoint).
The Volokh Conspiracy » So a Libertarian and a Liberal Walk into a Bar 2010
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Whether or not they personally ever stopped by GTMO is beside thepoint.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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As now interpreted it can be used to hobble important public debate by forcing it into channels that seem beside thepoint.
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Claiming that it is a failure at doing something it had no way to significantly impact out of the gate misses thepoint.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Charles Fried on the Constitutionality of the Health Care Mandate 2010
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The all-things-considered plausibility of the positions staked is manifestly not thepoint.
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The legality of marriage OR civil union is beside thepoint.
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The all-things-considered plausibility of the positions staked is manifestly not thepoint.
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As now interpreted it can be used to hobble important public debate by forcing it into channels that seem beside thepoint.
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