I know how it works with contracts, but not legislation...
” Severable vs nonseverable.
I know how it works with contracts, but not legislation... “
I may be mis-remembering, but I vaguely recall some discussion about how, in the rush to get Obamacare passed, the ‘severability clause’ (boilerplate) was inadvertently omitted....
I know how it works with contracts, but not legislation...
It ceratainly DOES apply to legislation and the usual boiler plate clause to make it severable was not in the version that passed.
That has been discussed many times on this forum.