Definition: In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence can be inferred from the statement. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or have details that are not mentioned in the statement. Indicate your answer as 1,2, or 3 corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.
Input: Statement: The severability question here is, essentially, whether, without the restriction that the Court today invalidates, the permission for conducting welfare litigation would have been accorded. Choices:  1. Welfare litigation will be affected by the Court's decision. 2. Welfare litigation is expected to increase ten-fold. 3. The Court's decision will not have an impact on welfare litigation.

1