Opinion: Trump is creating a constitutional crisis the likes of which we haven't seen in 150 years (via latimesopinion)
The Trump administration has now set the stage for a constitutional crisis, one that the United States hasn’t seen in this form since the battles between Andrew Johnson and the Reconstruction Congress more than 150 years ago.
It labels the House impeachment effort “constitutionally invalid” and “illegitimate,” attempts to dictate the terms of the impeachment process to the House and announces the administration’s refusal to cooperate in any way with the congressional committees seeking to review its actions.As a political document, the letter sets an ominous tone, putting congressional oversight and the impeachment process at the mercy of the White House.
In fact, the phrase has no meaning as a legal term within American constitutional law. Disagreements between the branches of government and differing interpretations of the Constitution are all routine features of ordinary political life in a constitutional republic. And we have more than 200 years of experience dealing with such conflicts.Real constitutional crises involve situations in which the constitutional system itself breaks down.
Despite what Trump and Cipollone argue, Congress following the constitutional rules to impeach a president for alleged high crimes and misdemeanors is not a constitutional crisis. The framers provided that mechanism expecting that its use would be unusual but sometimes necessary.
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