Complex sentence: This is a binding authority over Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and the U.S. territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, but is only a persuasive authority over the remainder of the United States.
Split into simpler sentences: This is a binding authority over Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and the U.S. territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. But it is only a persuasive authority over the remainder of the United States.