Thursday, February 9, 2017

When is a "constitutional crisis" not a constitutional crisis?



"We're careening, literally, toward a constitutional crisis," Sen. Richard Blumenthal said on CNN Thursday morning....

Thursday wasn't the first time Blumenthal has seen a constitutional crisis on the way in the new Trump administration.

"We are careening toward a constitutional crisis," he said on Jan. 31.

"We are careening toward a constitutional crisis," he said on Feb. 1.

"Our nation is careening toward a constitutional crisis," he said on Feb. 8.

And now, "We're careening, literally, toward a constitutional crisis."

At various times, Blumenthal has been upset by Trump's national security executive order, his firing of Obama holdover Justice Department official Sally Yates, and now, his comments about Blumenthal himself.

The senator is entitled to define "constitutional crisis" as he wishes, but consider one thing. So far, the Trump has been ordered to do something by a federal judge exactly once. And the administration did what the judge told it to do....