Some Democrats have characterized President Trump’s refusal to comply with congressional subpoenas as a “constitutional crisis.” But does the current conflict between Trump and Congress rise to the level of previous constitutional crises?
Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson speaks with historians Nathan Connolly (@ndbconnolly) and Ed Ayers (@edward_l_ayers), co-hosts of the podcast “BackStory,” produced at Virginia Humanities, about the history of constitutional crises in the U.S.
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