Constitutional crisis

Summary: A constitutional crisis is a situation in which separate parties of a government disagree over who has the authority to carry out various acts. A constitutional crisis can lead to government paralysis, collapse, or civil war. Famous Constitutional Crises The secession of the southern US states prior to the American Civil War. The 1973-74 Watergate scandal in the United States. Resulted in the first ever resignation of an American president, and the subsequent succession of America's first ...

Constitutional crisis

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A constitutional crisis is a situation in which separate parties of a government disagree over who has the authority to carry out various acts.

A constitutional crisis can lead to government paralysis, collapse, or civil war.

Famous Constitutional Crises

The secession of the southern US states prior to the American Civil War.
The 1973-74 Watergate scandal in the United States. Resulted in the first ever resignation of an American president, and the subsequent succession of America's first ever un-elected president.
1975 parliamentary dispute in Australia that saw Prime Minister Gough Whitlam get fired by the nation's normally apolitical Governor General.
2002 succession crisis in Argentina. Following a massive economic meltdown, Argentina's president resigned, followed by a mass of cabinet members, leading five different men to reluctantly assume the presidency for extremely brief periods over the course of three weeks.

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