constitutional crisis
The Nightmare Scenario That Keeps Election Lawyers Up At Night -- And Could Hand Trump A Second Term
A "red mirage" on election night and a post-election "blue shift" could lead to an unprecedented constitutional crisis just as the Supreme Court is in turmoil.
Charles Fried, who was solicitor general under President Ronald Reagan, says we are in a constitutional crisis.
Democrats say a "lawless" President Trump has triggered a "constitutional crisis." But they're not ready to impeach him just yet.
"I think we have a governing crisis," the Watergate reporter said.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
"So we're at the brink of a constitutional crisis because no one could tell if Rod Rosenstein was joking or not," the "Late Night" host says.
When unelected staff appropriate the mechanisms of national policy and fail to use proper constitutional procedures, they per se create a constitutional crisis.
Far scarier than Trump's constitutional violations would be Trump ignoring court orders.