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<div class=Section1><pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Liron Kopinsky writes:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> It just occured to me this week that the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> court system is almost exactly<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Yitro's advice. The more high-profile <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> (and big) a court case is, the higher<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> it gets pushed in the courts until it <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> could reach the supreme court.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have heard that part of the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> government structure was
inspired by Tanach:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>“… they relied upon their own experience at writing state
constitutions, their knowledge of governments past, and upon divine
inspiration. They forged new principles of government. And they invented a Separation
of Powers between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches -- which
was inspired by the scripture in Isaiah (33:22): <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>"For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our Lawgiver, the Lord is
our King; He will save us."<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>However, I’ve only found this observation in
non-Jewish sources. Can anyone identify a rabbi who also points this out? (I
understand that it’s possible that this rabbi might simply be quoting the
same source I did.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Philip </span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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