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To: SeekAndFind
They can't lawfully just ditch the 'mandate' and keep the rest, can they?

The way they wrote & passed the law, it's all or none, correct?

2 posted on 03/19/2012 12:46:04 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: TexasCajun

—The way they wrote & passed the law, it’s all or none, correct?—

That is correct. It does not have a severability clause. More interesting though, is that earlier versions of the law did have one. Someone consciously removed it.

Without a severability clause, the whole thing becomes irrelevant if the SCOTUS sides against the mandate. Some argue against that position, but if it wasn’t such an important thing, there would be no argument. It’s sorta in the same category as why you have to initial changes in a real estate contract. If you don’t, the whole thing becomes so much worthless paper. Theoretically...


5 posted on 03/19/2012 1:02:51 PM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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