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To: eyedigress
Requiring people to buy a widget is way over the line.

I would say there's a decent chance that part will be struck down.

I just don't see in the Constitution where SCOTUS can't rule certain provisions of a law as unconstitutional and leave the rest.

Is there a precedent in case law, perhaps?

73 posted on 09/27/2011 9:38:28 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: Ken H

That is what the pundits call a “sever-ability” clause. If you cannot parse it then the entire thing is dropped.


79 posted on 09/27/2011 10:00:21 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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