severable

Example Sentences

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Second, the plaintiffs argued that the mandate isn’t severable from the rest of the ACA, meaning that if it falls, the whole ACA falls.

From Los Angeles Times

If the court were to find the ACA severable, then even a holding that the individual mandate was unconstitutional would not invalidate the entire law.

From Salon

"The individual mandate is not severable from the rest of the act," the filing said.

From Salon

In its filing to the Supreme Court late on Thursday, the justice department argued "the individual mandate is not severable from the rest of the act".

From BBC

“It may still be that none of the ACA is severable from the individual mandate, even after this inquiry is concluded,” the two judges in the majority wrote.

From Seattle Times