inseverable

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If a provision of a law is inseverable from the rest of that law, when the court strikes down the inseverable portion, the entire law fails.

From Washington Post

“Their brief does argue that the whole ACA is inseverable, but it also says that the court should limit its relief to those provisions that actually cause injury to the plaintiffs,” he said.

From Seattle Times

The opinion instructs O’Connor to answer two questions: Which parts of the ACA “are indeed inseverable” now that the mandate is no longer enforced and whether a ruling in the case should apply only to the Republican-led states that sued to overturn the law, an issue raised by Trump administration lawyers.

From Washington Post

“In the district court, the Department of Justice took the position that the remainder of the ACA was severable, but upon further consideration and review of the district court’s opinion, it is the position of the United States that the balance of the ACA also is inseverable and must be struck down,” Justice attorneys wrote to the U.S.

From Washington Times

O’Connor agreed, writing in his opinion that the coverage mandate “is essential to and inseverable from the remainder of the ACA.”

From Washington Post