Re: seperation of church & state?

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On 12/30/04, Still Lookin wrote:
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> To this day in the UK an Act of Parliament is supreme. Not too
> many countries allow the courts to override acts of the
> legislature. South Africa adopted the principle of judicial review
> going back to the establishment of its supreme court under Paul
> Kruger, who was influenced by Theodore Roosevelt, and has continued
> the principle under its new constitution, although it fell to the
> temptation of court packing during the apartheid days. Canada has
> tinkered with the notion but I don't know if any decree of the
> Canadian Supreme Court has been enforced by M-16 rifle like in the
> US.

What does the Uk and parliament have to do with the constitution?
Certainly our method of government is of more concern in this
debate.