Sentence examples for severable from inspiring English sources

"The bill was severable.

(This is presumably why the Obama White House has taken the risky course of arguing that the mandate isn't severable from the rest of the law).

The court invited H. Bartow Farr III to make the argument that the individual mandate — the provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that requires almost everyone to buy insurance or face a penalty — "is severable from the entirety of the remainder of the act".

Since side endorses the part of the 11th Circuit's decision concerning severability, the court invited a second Washington lawyer, H. Bartow Farr III, to make the argument that the provision "is severable from the entirety of the remainder of the act".

And yet the administration is arguing that the individual mandate is not "severable" from these regulations; if the mandate falls, they must as well, and health insurance companies would once again be free to choose whom to cover.

Legal experts say this provision may run into constitutional hurdles before the current court; Mr. Van Hollen says the provisions of the bill are "severable," meaning if one is thrown out, the others still would take effect.

But Judge John W. Lungstrum of Federal District Court dismissed the suit, saying the local option budget cap, which limits the amount of money local school districts can raise, is not severable from the rest of the financing formula.

It could have written into the law a single clause, declaring that, if any part of the ACA is stricken, the rest is "severable" and that is what we want.

Given this guidance and the clear import of Section 401 of BCRA, the Court holds that the remainder of Section 201 is severable from subsection (5).

Mr. Daschle said he was working hard to convince all 50 Democrats that it was important to keep the bill's component parts severable.