Did Canning Comey Create A Constitutional Crisis?

Did Canning Comey Create A Constitutional Crisis?

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Shortly after President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, murmurs of the phrase “Constitutional crisis” crescendoed to a steady hum. Experts and lawmakers are split on whether the situation truly qualifies, though. How much of a threat is this to our nation’s democracy? Discussing the firing of James Comey is Alexis Simendinger, White House correspondent for RealClearPolitics, Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law, Josh Blackman, Constitutional law professor at the South Texas College of Law in Houston and Peter Zeidenberg, former assistant special counsel in the prosecution of Scooter Libby.