<Li> John T. Ware </Li> <P> Article V of the Florida Constitution, relating to the Judicial Branch, was not included in the 1968 revision . Not until 1971 in a special session did the Legislature pass Senate Joint Resolution 52 - D proposing to the voters the "modern" Article V . </P> <P> The first article of the Florida Constitution contains the state's bill of rights which is very similar to the United States Bill of Rights except that there are more elaborations very similar to interpretations of the Bill of Rights by the United States Supreme Court, such as a clause stating that the freedom of religion cannot be used to justify immoral acts . Florida's Declaration of Rights also states that capital punishment is not unconstitutional . Search and seizure and cruel and unusual punishment protections are to be consistent with the United States Supreme Court's interpretation of those rights . </P> <P> The Florida constitution provides for an executive, legislative, and judicial branch . Unlike the U.S. Constitution, it mandates a separation of powers . The Florida Supreme Court has interpreted the "separation of powers" requirement to prohibit both encroachment by any one branch on the powers held by another and delegation by any branch of its powers . </P>

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