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Kendall said there is a severability clause if the court “found some small portion of the measure untenable.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2022

In passing the law, Congress took pains to include an explicit severability provision, stating its intention that the rest of the law should be preserved even if part were struck down.

From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2021

Congress could also pass a "severability" provision, saying that, if any portion of the law is struck down, the rest should remain.

From Salon • Nov. 11, 2020

“The doctrine of severability presumes, and its goal is, to preserve the statute if that is possible.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2020

At bottom, we think that it is unclear what Congress's intent was on this point, and in the absence of such information, we exercise a presumption in favor of severability.

From Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) Ruling by United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Pennsylvania