21.   Inspired, that is, to get the statue off the Capitol grounds and end what he sees as a violation of the Constitutional separation of church and state.

22.   In the United States, those ideas were manifested in the constitutional separation of church and state.

23.   It also would erode the constitutional separation of church and state by diverting tax money to religious schools, he said.

24.   It may also violate the constitutional separation of church and state.

25.   It was opposed by civil liberties advocates, who said it violated the constitutional separation of church and state in public school education.

26.   Legal scholars generally believe that the constitutional separation of powers bars the judicial branch from indicting a sitting president for wrongdoing.

27.   Lynn said the Supreme Court previously has ruled that it is unconstitutional to post the Ten Commandments in schools due to the constitutional separation of church and state.

28.   Most people probably assume that the rule against churches participating in political campaigns is somehow built into the constitutional separation of church and state.

29.   Not surprisingly, the Supreme Court ruled that the law creating the special district conflicted with the constitutional separation of church and state.

30.   Opponents maintain that, under the constitutional separation of powers, regulators in the executive branch cannot regulate members of the legislative branch.