Ciara Torres-Spelliscy (Stetson University - College of Law) has posted Severability & Electoral Silver Linings after Shelby, Citizens United, and Bennett on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
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This short essay addresses severability in recent U.S. Supreme Court cases about election law: Shelby Co. v. Holder, Citizens United v. FEC and Arizona Free Enter. Club's Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett. The glass is actually half full because the high court tends to leave most of the laws they are reviewing intact.
