Two other judges, in Michigan and Virginia, have given it their blessing; a third, also in Virginia, faulted the same provision as the one in Florida the "individual mandate", which obliges everyone to obtain health insurance but voided only that part, leaving the rest intact.
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who is valued at $23.2 billion, was a major proponent of Initiative 594 in Washington state, the same provision on background checks that Bill Gates and Paul Allen supported.
The other, in a case filed by Liberty University, a Christian college in Lynchburg, Va., upheld the same provision, which is considered central to the act.
Colonel Thorneloe will have made the same provision, with his second-in-command now in charge.
As the company's general counsel, he has the same provision in his employment agreement as Sandberg — if he's ever terminated without cause, he will be able to vest his shares immediately.
But they still hope to lock in tax cuts for the rich, by eliminating the "sunset" provision in last year's tax bill -- the same provision that was used to help hide the tax cut's true cost.
The same provision kicks in if another company takes over WaMu.
The same provision is in a pending pension-reform bill that has bipartisan support.
The same provision has been involved in other mass shootings in recent years.
Under the bill being considered, a restaurant would be allowed to have a separate room where smoking was permitted if it were walled off from the nonsmoking dining room and had separate ventilation -- the same provision that exists in New York City.
