The name âplectrumâ banjo, in fact is based on playing the banjo with a âplectrumâ which is what flat picks used to be called. So, to distinguish the âplectrumâ banjo from the original banjo, the five string, which was commonly played using fingers of the right hand, it was called a âplectrumâ or âflat pickâ banjo.
The Severability of the Individual Mandate. Article. The Supreme Court is now reviewing a federal appeals court decision that the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which requires that individuals either purchase health insurance or pay a penalty, is unconstitutional.
The provision in a statute, sometimes referred to as the severability clause, that rescues the balance of the statute from a declaration of unconstitutionality if one or more parts are invalidated. With respect to existing rights, a saving clause enables the repealed law to continue in force.