3) The mandate states that everyone must buy insurance.
4) Severability is a clause that almost every other bill passed by Congress contains. It merely means that if one element of the bill is deemed to be unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections shall not be so deemed but can remain in effect.
By Congress deleting the severability clause, the normal action would mean if the USSC strikes down the mandate, then the rest of the law would also be invalid.
Pelosi: If mandate ruled unconstitutional, rest of health law won’t work
Just to clarify; does this bill contain the severability clause?
And if not, how could SCOTUS consider the bill as if the severability clause was there?
Ok, so we obviously want both of those struck down or deleted. Thanks....