A brief history of Constitutional Crisis Events in the USA. As is outlined below, sometimes a crisis results in compromise, sometimes in a change of law and other times, civil war (#1 and #4).
(1) The Shot Heard Round the World – Even though this preceded the Constitution, it’s a good example so it stays. The Stamp Act of 1765 set off protests from colonists against taxation without representation (in the British Parliament). Parliament continued to assert its authority in subsequent “Intolerable Acts” acts, throwing colonial governments into chaos and leading the colonists to declare total independence from Britain.
(2) The Nullification Crisis of 1832, in which South Carolina declared that it would not permit collection of a federal tariff. The United States Congress eventually passed a law to authorize the President to use military force in South Carolina to enforce federal laws, as well as a revised tariff law with lower rates.
(3) Presidential Succession – In 1841 the death of President William Harrison resulted in Vice-President John Tyler becoming President, the first vice-president to succeed in that way, to the presidency. He assumed full presidential powers, although there was doubt whether the actual office of President “devolved” upon the Vice President or merely its powers and duties. This led to the passage of the 25th Amendment.
(4) The War of Northern Aggression – In 1861, seven southern states seceded from the union, leading to northern states invading the American South. The resulting civil war changed the nation forever and in ways is still being contended.
(5) Disputed Presidential Election – In 1876, Republicans and Democrats disputed voting results in three states. An ad hoc electoral commission created by Congress voted along party lines in favor of Republican candidate Rutherford B. Hayes, who damped Southern fury by withdrawing federal occupation troops from the South.
(6) The Watergate Scandal – Between 1972 and 1974, President Richard Nixon and his staff obstructed investigations into their political activities. Nixon resigned, under threat of impeachment, after the release of an audio tape showing that he had personally approved the obstruction.
Congressional moves to restrain presidential authority continued for years afterward. The dismissal of independent special prosecutor Archibald Cox and the subsequent resignations of Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy AG William Ruckelshaus led to the Independent Counsel Act for a more impartial way of investigating high level public integrity cases in the executive branch without interference from the President or other executive branch leaders.
We are here:
The election of 2016 may bring about yet another Constitutional Crisis Event. The election of Hillary Clinton to the presidency while she is under investigation for commission of “high crimes and misdemeanors” would likely result in the immediate appointment by Congress of an independent prosecutor to pursue corruption-related charges against her, her assistant and lover, Huma Weiner and her husband, former president Bill (Slick Willy) Clinton for crimes involving racketeering in the Clinton Foundation.
An impeachment of Clinton could result in a situation where she pardons herself and remains in office. – Which would set off another Constitutional Crisis. That could require the US Military to intervene.
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The election of Donald Trump would likely result in aggressive prosecutions of Clinton, her assistant/lesbian lover, her husband and other ranking members of the Obama Administration, possibly reaching to the former president, himself, for felonies committed while in office. While that would not result in a Constitutional Crisis, it would be unprecedented.
If Trump is elected, I don't think he will prosecute the beast or anyone else. I think it was just him running off at the mouth for soundbite material. It would be difficult to get anybody prosecuted in DC unless it was beneficial to them, and that wouldn't be. The Clinton's and Obama's know too much about too many to get that kind of thing started.
Anarchy. I call for anarchy.
Where's Grunt? Oi! Grunt! I need that Hillary meme changing with my face on, mate. I think it would make a great FB profile for me.
Or.. another good t- shirt LL.
I'm positive that Trump will do his best to "drain the swamp". The best way to signal that would be an indictment of HRC and her husband, Slick Willy. A lot depends on who he tags as AG. If it's Rudy G., I think that he'd do it.
Anarchy wouldn't be good for anyone, least of all the UK. The US economy still is the engine that drives the planet. Your day at the Cowboy Church must have recharged your spirit. That's a good thing.
A little bit of anarchy never hurt anyone.
Other than Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, but they hardly count. Oh, and there was Nicholas II of Russia in 1917. That's it. Well, maybe Nicolae Ceaușescu of Romania, and perhaps Sadaam Hussein and Mohamar Khadaffi not so long ago.
But other than those guys, a little chaos never hurt anybody.
Give or take.
It would be better if we could avoid anarchy and make America Great Again.
Let's hope that Trump wins and can attempt to right our floundering country.
Be safe abdominal God bless.
If Trump wins the Clintons will exit stage right… right into the Middle East, Qatar, I think, where they've stashed ~ 1.8 billion in illgotten funds. Prosectution in absentia?
I'll take Aggressive Prosecutions of Clinton for a thousand Larry.
Good grief. Cell phones are so annoying. How it gets abdominal from and is beyond me…
That's my guess. They know they're guilty and without top cover from the political establishment, they will be convicted. That's why they blocked convening a grand jury. They would swing. I'm sure that the orders are coming from Barack.
The mainstream media will foam at the mouth while that's going on, as their champions topple to justice.
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