61.   The traditional constitutional separation of church and state kept getting in the way.

62.   They thought it gave too much uncontrolled power to one lawyer, and violated our constitutional separation of powers by having him appointed by judges.

63.   With this dictum Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for a Supreme Court majority, justified a high, rigid wall of constitutional separation of powers.

64.   Opponents say the parochial-school factor would violate the constitutional separation of church and state.

65.   President Jacques Chirac refused the summons on the grounds that it violated the constitutional separation of powers.

66.   A federal judge on Friday ordered the removal of the Ten Commandments at two municipal buildings, ruling that their display violates the constitutional separation of church and state.

67.   Chirac has refused a summons sent last week by Judge Eric Halphen on the grounds that it violated the constitutional separation of powers.

68.   Chirac refused to appear before the judge, with his office saying the summons violated the constitutional separation of powers.

69.   Critics of the legislation suggest that it blurs the constitutional separation of church and state.

70.   Courts have previously ruled that the legislature does not violate the constitutional separation of powers by enacting court standards for post-conviction appeals.