11.   Cost and the constitutional separation of executive and legislative powers are raised as the principal objections to these bills.

12.   Critics claim that the bill would nevertheless violate the constitutional separation of church and state by allowing public money to be spent on what are essentially religious services.

13.   Dissidents contend that the school violates the constitutional separation of church and state.

14.   FEMA refused by saying the aid would violate the constitutional separation of church and state.

15.   FEMA refused, saying the aid would violate the constitutional separation of church and state.

16.   He also stoked a vigorous debate about the initiative and his own commitment to the constitutional separation of church and state.

17.   He claimed that the sentence violated the constitutional separation of church and state and denied him equal protection under the law, according to court documents.

18.   He opposes renewal partly on grounds that it violates the constitutional separation of powers between the executive and judicial branches.

19.   He noted that there is a constitutional separation of the executive, judiciary and legislative branches of government in Brazil, just as in the United States.

20.   He would deliver welfare assistance through churches and synagogues rather than government agencies, in blatant disregard of the constitutional separation of church and state.