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• s  without merit
  protect...from unmeritorious criticism

• Interesting--a sitting governor is hounded out of office by the cost of unmeritorious ethics complaints .
• What we were responding to were allegations that were utterly unmeritorious.

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• Arlen Specter in FOXNews
  In Supreme Court nominations which are so important for so many reasons, we have seen issues which may be minor, unmeritorious and even nonexistent, proliferate into major controversies by those who are opposed for other reasons,Specter said...
• Kenneth Starr in News4Jax.com
  The policymakers are on notice that these public policy reasons are unmeritorious,says Starr, who became famous as the Special Prosecutor who pursued sex-related perjury charges against President Bill Clinton. "I hope this is a national...
• Stephen Breyer in Reuters India
  We also note that Congress, in an effort to weed out unmeritorious securities lawsuits, has recently tightened the procedural requirements that plaintiffs must satisfy when they file those suits,Breyer said.