A constitutional crisis occurs either when the constitution does not provide a clear answer for a specific situation, or when a government official or branch of the government willfully defies adherence to the constitution. A constitutional crisis is a big deal, and can sometimes result in impeachment, civil war or collapse of the government itself. With the release of the Nunes memo, there has been a lot of talk about whether this could lead to a constitutional crisis. There is no debate that the memo was prepared and released to the public to discredit the FBI. Congress and the White House working together to wage war against the nation’s primary law enforcement agency is bizarre, but if it can prove that the motive for releasing the memo was to obstruct or undermine the Russia/Mueller investigation, things could get out of control quickly. Key players are starting to signal their positions and sometimes in unpredictable ways. In what was a shock to many, Congressman Trey Gowdy, the Republican Congressman and Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, tweeted unfettered support for Robert Mueller on the day the memo was released. It looks like battle lines are being drawn, and the mother of all constitutional crises is now within sight.
Never in U.S. history have we had two older or less popular candidates running for president of the United States than we do today. We repeatedly hear the question, “How can these two candidates be the best our country has to offer?”.
if you are primarily fearful of living in a society that is racist and discriminatory, you should be very concerned with what is happening with the political far left. If your primary fear is moving our society towards socialism and communism, then you should be mostly fearful of the political far right. That statement may seem counterintuitive, but it is absolutely true.
People on the political right believe that people on the extreme left are the biggest problems in our nation. People on the political left think that people on the extreme right pose the biggest threat. This is one occasion when both sides are correct.