1.   An indictment and criminal trial in a regular court would be a legal and historical outrage, given the constitutional separation of powers.

2.   Bennett told the Supreme Court in January that the federal judiciary would violate the constitutional separation of powers if it ordered a sitting president to face civil litigation.

3.   A challenge to the law contended that it violated the constitutional separation of church and state.

4.   A leader of the dissident group, Joseph Waldman, has long contended that the school violates the constitutional separation of church and state.

5.   Above all, the judge said, it would violate the constitutional separation of church and state.

6.   But a state trial court sided with Vermont, ruling that tuition payments to religious schools would violate the constitutional separation of church and state.

7.   But Oliver said that could change if he decides before the semester ends that the program violates the constitutional separation of church and state.

8.   But parish taxpayers challenging the program contend that the federal government is violating the constitutional separation of church and state by assisting religious institutions.

9.   But the banner has been criticized by some students and others who believe it infringes on the constitutional separation of church and state.

10.   Critics who say the notion violates the constitutional separation of church and state have vowed to challenge the office.