Word: meritless
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...professor, for once, has nothing to say. His arguments are proven meritless, rejected by the very authority whose theories they are based upon. Thanks to McLuhan, the professor is discredited, embarrassed--and unequivocally wrong...
...What the President can claim is that the Jones case never should have been filed, and that it's further proof that the right-wingers are out to get him. "The White House is going to redouble its defense that a meritless case was pursued purely to harass and embarrass him," says Branegan. "And they'll apply that spin directly to Ken Starr...
...JACKSON, 37; for allegedly violating a promise not to talk about a settlement concerning sensational 1993 allegations of child molestation; in Santa Barbara, California. The father of the boy involved says Jackson violated the deal when he appeared in a 1995 PrimeTime Live interview. Jackson says the suit is "meritless...
Jonathan Shapiro, the Boston attorney representing Cole, says the charges are meritless, and he has filed a motion to dismiss them. In one brief, he argues that the assault charge is inappropriate because of a court decision holding that body parts cannot be considered dangerous weapons. Shapiro also says the alleged crime does not constitute larceny...
Though appeals courts have been lenient in ruling that defense attorneys have done an adequate job -- judges deemed meritless all of Coleman's claims of ineffective assistance by counsel -- it's the rare court-appointed lawyer who is skilled in the complexities of capital cases. "This is a highly specialized area of law," says Harold G. Clarke, chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, who has reviewed many death sentences. "Even a good criminal lawyer may not have had much, if any, experience in capital cases." Court- appointed attorneys must also be willing to settle for modest fees that rarely...