Are we heading toward a constitutional crisis? (1 Viewer)

[Politics - CBSNews.com]

More than a half-century ago, during Watergate, President Richard Nixon had a stand-off with the Justice Department, and the courts. On October 20, 1973, the president demanded that attorney general Elliot Richardson fire Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox. Richardson refused, and resigned. His deputy, William Ruckelshaus, also refused, and resigned.

The tensions brought a certain phrase to the fore of the American conversation: "Constitutional crisis."

Now, that term is back.

Many Democrats are sounding the alarm about President Trump's use of...

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