1.   Jackson said that the Line-Item Veto Act perverted the constitutionally required separation of powers between the president and Congress.

2.   But Justices David H. Souter and Ruth Bader Ginsburg repeatedly portrayed the policy as a breach in the constitutionally required separation of church and state.

3.   But the court never has said a truly neutral moment-of-silence law runs afoul of the constitutionally required separation of church and state.

4.   Challengers called the program a violation of the constitutionally required separation of church and state.

5.   Other cases, however, can be minor, technical violations of required separation that pose no real hazard.

6.   Reed said he was concerned that by allowing the prayer meetings, the town could be violating the required separation of church and state.

7.   The ACLU lawsuit contended that the city-owned display on city property violated the constitutionally required separation of government and religion.

8.   The court rejected two appeals Monday in which challengers called the Arizona program a flagrant violation of the constitutionally required separation of church and state.

9.   The designation had been attacked as a violation of the constitutionally required separation of government and religion.

10.   The justices, without comment, rejected an appeal in which retired teacher Judith Koenick said the law violates the constitutionally required separation of church and state.