He said law enforcement resources “should be directed someplace a little more effectual,” such as combating fentanyl and other illicit drugs.

“This case is constitutionally moot because the Court can no longer grant any effectual relief,” the companies argued in a filing with U.S.

“And so this poison was allowed to enter the national bloodstream and infect public life without the Government taking any effectual measures to master the course of the disease.”

The lifting of the bans is in many ways more symbolic than effectual.

Butler’s fighting style is similar to the film’s: brawny, unshowy, effectual and explosive only when necessary.