The American courts ruled that this broke, uh, violated Vandegroot's sniffer patents.

Further, the court found, singling out poor New Yorkers on the basis of their immigration status violated the equal-protection clause of the United States Constitution.

The court, Liberty Counsel said, violated the federal Constitution's guarantee of republican state government, a notion the Supreme Court has seldom if ever considered.

But in its ruling on Tuesday the supreme court said the judge had overstepped her authority and violated the separation of powers in the state constitution.

The appellant appealed the decision on the basis that the court had violated his rights by being in contradiction to the law.

The court held that because Bucci offered information relating to anti-abortion materials and solicited funds, he was acting commercially and therefore violated this provision.

Opening a trial anyway, the court also violated ecclesiastical law in denying her right to a legal adviser.

The court said that some of the common practices were not only against the state law and state Constitution, but violated the Federal Constitution.

"Today's decision said that the court violated the equality of the sides," he said.

Our courts are not kindly disposed to those who maintain the letter of the law and violate its spirit.