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...debate may be rendered moot by the financial woes of the wealthier countries, especially the current holder of the G-8's rotating leadership position, Italy. Geldof on Thursday tore into Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government, which he called a "crowd of shysters" at a press conference. "How can you possibly trust any government that promises something, does nothing, and expect them to lead the world?" he fumed to reporters. "How dare they...
...would probably moot our case," Olson told TIME. "It would be great if [the new ballot initiative] would be successful, but ... a loss would be very unfortunate - two successive popular vote losses in the nation's largest and one of the most liberal states. I'm not quite sure I follow the risk-benefit analysis." That's exactly what gay-rights activists worried about this suit have been thinking...
...regulating handgun sales. The district court found the requirement unconstitutional but was overturned by the more liberal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. The lower court decision was affirmed by the Supreme Court in 1997, four years after the Brady Act passed. The ruling was, in effect, moot because a federal background database supplanted local background checks by the time the court ruled, but it left in place an important precedent on the limits of federal law - an issue that the new Montana law raises again...
...says. He also pointed out that Thrifty - like many rental companies - does not use company bumper stickers on rentals, so as to make them more difficult for thieves to identify. (Thrifty cars do, however, have bar-coded stickers on the windshield, which makes the omission of a bumper sticker moot...
...video on the TIME 100 moot vs. Rain showdown...