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What is a constitutional crisis?

What does constitutional crisis mean and are we there yet?

From PBS News

"My definition would be constitutional crisis is when the president defies the Supreme Court. We're heading in that direction. The president is responding to sharp pushback from the chief justice by pushing back himself. Right wing Twitter is talking about a judicial coup.

"This is, you know, increasingly, I think, a dangerous moment. The president has gone after the executive agencies, he's going after congressionally authorized agencies and programs. He's going after the military, now he's going after the judiciary."

Are we in a constitutional crisis?

Are we in a constitutional crisis? 

From National Public Radio's Consider This



"Amanda Frost is a Law Professor at the University of Virginia Law. She says a constitutional crisis occurs when one branch of government, usually the executive, "blatantly, flagrantly and regularly exceeds its constitutional authority — and the other branches are either unable or unwilling to stop it."

"Frost says the first half of her definition is already happening, and that it's clear President Trump has gone beyond the powers of the executive branch. She points to him trying to usurp Congress' "power of the purse" or trying to put an end to birthright citizenship as examples."