“A Constitutional Crisis is Upon Us”

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|通过黛布拉·柯比|

I’m not the only person wondering what constitutes a宪政危机观看和阅读各种新闻和舆论件在最近几个月,其中一些建议后,我们现在正处于一个。上一任谷歌搜索开始飙升,2016年十月继续以来的新高不断的趋势。我开始做一些研究,所以,如果词是准确应用到纳德勒的新闻稿后司法委员会投票蔑视国会举行巴尔,我可以更好地判断。

After spending an afternoon digging into various expert opinions, I was unable to find a clear consensus around what constitutes a constitutional crisis and whether we are on the brink of one. For example,FiveThirtyEightlists four types of constitutional crisis and gives examples of each, while authors of thisAtlantic articlenote three types and conclude that the current situation has not yet reached crisis level.

My next find was this article by Princeton professorKeith E. Whittington, who begins by explaining that the “…notion of a ‘constitutional crisis’ is not a well-established concept within American legal theory…”

Finally, I found比实际存在的五宪法危机at the National Constitution Center website. I was ready to move on to Gale sources likeU.S. History In Contextto further explore these five events in hopes I might better understand the concept.

  • President Harrison在1847年威廉·亨利·哈里森办公室模具是第一个美国总统在任期内去世。宪法对谁接替总统宝座的人是否只是临时替换没有提供明确的方向或实际上成为总统,以饱满的总统权力。副总裁约翰·泰勒总统假定为哈里森的长期平衡的办公室和标题,设置这是下一个25年内,随后两次的先例。这个问题与的过道里,1963年刺杀肯尼迪总统后,最终定居第25条修正案in 1967.
  • Southern states leave the union in 1861. This overview of the events around the formation of the Confederacy is a good refresher of the events surrounding the most impactful constitutional crisis in U.S. history.
  • 在南北战争之后,1876年大选导致共和党拉瑟福德·伯查德·海斯由一个选举人票获胜。他的民主党对手,塞缪尔·J·蒂尔登赢得51%的选票。(二十有争议的选举人票,最终走到海耶斯给他一票的领先优势。)这次选举的故事涉及特别讨厌运动的指责,延迟的结果,需要一个国会特别委员会重新计票在四个州,包括佛罗里达州和可怕的预言第二内战。这是达到抢先另一场战争,但有两个政党的长期影响以及非洲裔民权的妥协。
  • Watergate: Check out the earlier金宝搏彩票在水门事件大风博客for a wealth of information on this Constitutional Crisis.
  • And finally, explore the topic page on the most recent example,Bush v. Goreto learn more about the 2000 presidential election that was ultimately settled by the U.S. Supreme Court.

After reading about these five constitutional crises, do you think the United States is currently adding another crisis to this list?


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