This Is a Constitutional Crisis

A cowardly coup from within the administration threatens to enflame the president’s paranoia and further endanger American security

David Frum
Sep 6, 2018 · 3 min read
Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Impeachment is a constitutional mechanism. The Twenty-Fifth Amendment is a constitutional mechanism. Mass resignations followed by voluntary testimony to congressional committees are a…

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David Frum

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Senior Editor, The Atlantic. Author, “Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic” (Jan. 2018)

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