#Constitutional-Crisis
Events indexed under #Constitutional-Crisis — 109 entries in the record.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-19 | US Navy Destroyer Disables and Seizes Iranian Cargo Ship Touska in Strait of Hormuz, Collapsing Islamabad Peace Talks US Navy · USS Spruance · CENTCOM · US Marines · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-26 | Chief Judge Schiltz Threatens Criminal Contempt Against ICE After 96 Court Order Violations Patrick Schiltz · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Todd Lyons · Daniel Rosen · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-21 | Post-SCOTUS Tariff Pivot: Trump Invokes Section 122 Global Tariff and Launches Section 301 Investigations as Legal Workaround Donald Trump · Scott Bessent · Jamieson Greer · U.S. Office of the U.S. Trade Representative · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-21 | Trump Invokes Section 122 to Impose New Tariffs Within 24 Hours of Supreme Court Ruling Donald Trump · Scott Bessent · Department of the Treasury | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-29 | Supreme Court to Hear Birthright Citizenship Challenge in April U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · American Civil Liberties Union · D. John Sauer | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-28 | Ninth Circuit Rules DHS Exceeded Authority Terminating Venezuelan TPS Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · Kristi Noem · National TPS Alliance · American Civil Liberties Union | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-21 | Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Presidential Removal Power in Trump v Cook U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · D. John Sauer · Brett Kavanaugh · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-15 | Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act in Minneapolis, Calls Protesters 'Highly Paid Professionals' Donald Trump · Keith Ellison · Tim Walz | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-08 | Fifth Federal Judge Rules Trump-Appointed U.S. Attorney Unlawfully Installed Lorna Schofield · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Edward Sarcone · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-10 | DOJ Leaders Attack Federal Judges for Disqualifying Lindsey Halligan as Unlawfully Appointed U.S. Attorney Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Lindsey Halligan · Judge Cameron McGowan Currie · +4 | reported | |
| 2025-12-05 | Supreme Court Grants Review of Trump's Birthright Citizenship Challenge, Setting Stage for Constitutional Crisis U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · D. John Sauer · American Civil Liberties Union · +5 | disputed | |
| 2025-11-20 | Trump Threatens Six Democratic Congress Members with Execution for Reminding Military of Duty to Refuse Illegal Orders Donald Trump · Elissa Slotkin · Mark Kelly · Chris DeLuzio · +9 | reported | |
| 2025-10-29 | Supreme Court to Review Trump's Federalization of National Guard in Chicago, Nationwide Implications April Perry · Donald Trump · JB Pritzker · U.S. Supreme Court | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-24 | Comey and James File Consolidated Challenge to Halligan's Authority Under 120-Day Rule James Comey · Letitia James · Lindsey Halligan · Judge Cameron McGowan Currie · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-13 | Budget Chief Russell Vought Seizes Congressional Spending Authority Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · U.S. Congress | reported | |
| 2025-10-13 | Trump Accelerates Authoritarian Agenda With Mass Purges and Political Prosecutions Donald Trump · New York Attorney General · Federal Workforce · Business Leaders | reported | |
| 2025-10-03 | Supreme Court Uses Emergency Docket to Expand Presidential Power U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · Conservative Supreme Court Majority | reported | |
| 2025-09-26 | Supreme Court Allows Trump to Withhold $4B in Foreign Aid Through Illegal 'Pocket Rescission' U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Elena Kagan · Mike Johnson · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-22 | Supreme Court Agrees to Reconsider Humphrey's Executor, Review Trump's Power to Fire Agency Heads U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · Federal Trade Commission · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-22 | Supreme Court Allows Trump to Fire FTC Commissioner Slaughter, Threatens Independent Agencies U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · Alvaro Bedoya · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-02 | Supreme Court Allows Trump to Remove FTC Commissioner, Gutting Agency Independence Chief Justice John Roberts · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · U.S. Supreme Court · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-01 | Mass Inspector General Firings Implement Project 2025 Plan Donald Trump · Chuck Grassley · Chuck Schumer · Elizabeth Warren · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-29 | Federal Prosecutors Charge Veteran for Flag Burning Following Trump DOJ Directive Despite Supreme Court Precedent Department of Justice · Trump · Federal Prosecutors | reported | |
| 2025-08-29 | OMB Director Russell Vought Inserts Political Conditions Into 100+ Budget Accounts, Blocking Congressional Appropriations Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · Trump · U.S. Congress | reported | |
| 2025-08-29 | Trump Invokes 'Pocket Rescission' to Claw Back $4.9 Billion in Congressionally Approved Foreign Aid Trump · State Department · United States Agency for International Development · U.S. Congress | reported | |
| 2025-08-21 | Federal Judge Rules Alina Habba Unlawfully Serving as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Trump · Alina Habba · Department of Justice · Federal Judiciary | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-19 | OMB Director Vought Blocks Billions in Congressional Appropriations, Claims Unilateral Spending Power Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-15 | Trump Attempts DC Police Takeover with Loyalist, Blocked by Federal Judge Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Terry Cole · Pamela Smith · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-03 | Texas House Democrats flee to Illinois to break quorum on redistricting Texas House Democrats · Texas Legislature · Illinois Governor JB Pritzker · Gene Wu · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | DOJ Uses Legal Loopholes to Install Trump Loyalists as Acting U.S. Attorneys Without Senate Confirmation Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · U.S. Senate · Federal Judiciary · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | Trump administration defies court orders in 57 of 165 cases (35%) Trump Administration · Federal Judiciary · U.S. District Judge James Boasberg · U.S. District Judge John McConnell · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-30 | Twelve House Democrats sue Trump administration for blocking detention facility oversight Rep. Joe Neguse (CO) · Rep. Jason Crow · Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY) · Rep. Dan Goldman (NY) · +10 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-25 | Texas Legislature passes redistricting without Democrats present Texas Legislature · Texas Republicans · Greg Abbott · Texas House Democrats · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-21 | Trump Administration Defying 35% of Court Orders in Unprecedented Constitutional Crisis Trump Administration · Federal Courts · Department of Justice · Federal Agencies | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-20 | California announces defensive mid-cycle redistricting in response to Texas California Legislature · Gavin Newsom · California Democratic Party | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-15 | Trump demands Texas conduct mid-cycle redistricting for 5 new GOP seats Donald Trump · Greg Abbott · Texas Legislature | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-30 | Federal Judiciary Admits Systemic Failure in Presidential Accountability Mechanisms Federal Judiciary Leadership · Chief Justice · Judicial Conference · Senate Judiciary Committee | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-30 | Federal Judiciary Develops New Constitutional Enforcement Mechanisms Federal Judiciary · Judicial Conference · Administrative Office of U.S. Courts · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-15 | Federal Judicial System Faces Unprecedented Integrity Challenge Margaret Satterthwaite · UN Special Rapporteur · Supreme Court Justices · Sen. Cory Booker · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-14 | "No Kings" protests draw 5 million people in 2,100+ locations Civil Society Organizations · Protest movements · American Civil Liberties Union · MoveOn · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-09 | Trump federalizes California National Guard over governor's objection Donald Trump · Gavin Newsom · California National Guard | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-31 | Federal judges face 373 threats in first five months of 2025 Federal judges · U.S. Marshals Service · Trump supporters | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-29 | Federal Courts Rule Trump's IEEPA Tariffs Illegal in Multiple Cases Donald Trump · Rudolph Contreras · U.S. Court of International Trade · U.S. Supreme Court | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-21 | U.S. Accepts Qatar's $400 Million Boeing 747 Jet, Raising Emoluments Concerns Donald Trump · Qatar Royal Family · U.S. Department of Defense · Jamie Raskin · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-18 | Supreme Court Hearing Challenges Presidential National Guard Federalization Powers U.S. Supreme Court · State Governors · U.S. Department of Defense · California Governor · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-10 | Legal Scholars Warn of Erosion in Judicial Review Mechanisms Constitutional Law Scholars · Federal Judiciary · Executive Branch · Amanda Frost · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-05 | Congressional Hearing Exposes Systematic Judicial Intimidation Tactics Senate Judiciary Committee · Chief Justice John Roberts · U.S. Marshals Service · Supreme Court Justices · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-05 | Supreme Court Attempts to Mitigate Constitutional Emergency Powers Dispute U.S. Supreme Court · Executive Branch · Legislative Branch | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-05 | Trump Administration Escalates Judicial Oversight Tensions Trump Administration · Federal Courts · U.S. Supreme Court | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-29 | Federal Watchdog Reveals Dozens of Inquiries Into Trump's Withholding of Funds Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Russ Vought · U.S. Government Accountability Office · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Federal Appeals Court Establishes Precedent on National Guard Federalization Federal Appeals Court · Gavin Newsom · U.S. Department of Defense · Charles Breyer · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Federal Courts Reach Impasse on Presidential Emoluments Enforcement D.C. Circuit Court · 4th Circuit Court · Department of Justice · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-10 | Federal Judges Establish Precedent for Presidential Accountability Federal Judiciary · U.S. Supreme Court · Department of Justice · Rebecca Slaughter · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-10 | Judicial System Struggles with Presidential Accountability Mechanisms Federal Circuit Courts · Department of Justice · Presidential Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-10 | Mass Judicial Removal Attempt Triggers Constitutional Emergency Trump Administration · Federal Judiciary · Department of Justice · White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-10 | Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Government Must 'Facilitate' Abrego Garcia's Return Supreme Court · Chief Justice John Roberts · Kilmar Abrego Garcia · Trump Administration · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-02 | Trump Invokes Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA) to Impose Unprecedented Reciprocal Tariffs Donald Trump · U.S. Supreme Court | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-22 | Trump's National Guard Federalization Triggers Constitutional Crisis in California Donald Trump · Gavin Newsom · Pete Hegseth · Charles Breyer · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-15 | Federal Judiciary Responds to Mounting Constitutional Threats in Emergency Closed-Door Conference Federal Judiciary Leadership · Judge Richard Sullivan · U.S. Marshals Service · Judicial Conference Leadership · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-15 | Kilmar Abrego Garcia Wrongfully Deported to El Salvador Despite Court-Ordered Protection Kilmar Abrego Garcia · ICE · Trump Administration · El Salvador · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-15 | Supreme Court Conducts Unprecedented Hearing on Presidential Emoluments U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · Constitutional Scholars | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-18 | Trump Asserts Unitary Executive Control Over DOJ, Echoing Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre Donald Trump · Michael C. Dorf · Department of Justice · Heritage Foundation | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Federal Courts Grapple with Unprecedented Emoluments Enforcement Challenge U.S. Supreme Court · Federal District Courts · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Federal Judges Address Escalating Threats to Judicial Independence Chief Justice John Roberts · Chief Judge James Boasberg · Federal Judiciary · U.S. Supreme Court · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Supreme Court Confronts Unprecedented National Guard Federalization Crisis U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · State Governors · Brian Schwalb · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-12 | DOJ Moves to Undermine Independence of Regulatory Agencies Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Sarah Harris · Richard Durbin · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-31 | Swiss National Bank purchased 111,300 shares of Trump Media worth $1.78M, stake grows to $5.37M by February Swiss National Bank · Donald Trump · Donald Trump Jr. · Trump Media & Technology Group · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Coordinated Federal Workforce Purge: Schedule F and DOJ Personnel Removal Donald Trump · Molly Gaston · J.P. Cooney · Anne McNamara · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump Declares Nine National Emergencies in First 100 Days, More Than Any Modern President Donald Trump · Elizabeth Goitein · Brennan Center for Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump Signs Unconstitutional Executive Order Challenging Birthright Citizenship Donald Trump · Department of Justice · U.S. Supreme Court · Asian Law Caucus · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-01 | Systematic assault on judicial independence begins Trump Administration · Federal Judiciary · Law firms | confirmed | |
| 2024-11-22 | Judge Merchan Grants Indefinite Postponement of Trump Sentencing After Election Victory Juan Merchan · Donald Trump · Alvin Bragg | confirmed | |
| 2024-09-06 | Dick Cheney Endorses Democrat Kamala Harris, Calls Trump 'Greatest Threat to Republic' Dick Cheney · Kamala Harris · Donald Trump · Liz Cheney | confirmed | |
| 2024-07-15 | Judge Cannon dismisses Trump classified documents case, rules Jack Smith appointment unconstitutional Aileen Cannon · Jack Smith · Donald Trump · Clarence Thomas · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2023-07-01 | Trump Crypto Empire Raises Major Constitutional Conflict of Interest Concerns Donald Trump · Trump Media & Technology Group · World Liberty Financial · MGX · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2021-02-13 | McConnell Says Trump "Practically and Morally Responsible" Minutes After Voting to Acquit Mitch McConnell · Donald Trump · Senate Republicans | confirmed | |
| 2021-02-13 | Senate Acquits Trump 57-43 Despite Bipartisan Majority Finding Him Guilty Donald Trump · Mitt Romney · Richard Burr · Bill Cassidy · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-13 | House Impeaches Trump for Second Time on Single Charge of "Incitement of Insurrection" Donald Trump · Nancy Pelosi · Liz Cheney · Adam Kinzinger · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-03 | Jeffrey Clark Attempts DOJ Coup to Overturn Election Jeffrey Clark · Donald Trump · Jeffrey Rosen · Richard Donoghue · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-12-01 | Trump Pardon Corruption - Systematic Monetization of Presidential Clemency Power Donald Trump · Rudy Giuliani · Jared Kushner · William Barr | confirmed | |
| 2020-02-07 | Trump Fires Lt. Col. Vindman from NSC in Retaliation for Impeachment Testimony Donald Trump · Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman · Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman · National Security Council · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2019-12-18 | House Votes to Impeach Trump on Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress Donald Trump · Nancy Pelosi · Adam Schiff · House Democrats | confirmed | |
| 2019-05-21 | McGahn Defies Scheduled Congressional Testimony Despite House Subpoena Donald McGahn · House Judiciary Committee · Jerry Nadler · William Burck · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-04-24 | Trump Declares Total War on Congressional Oversight: "We're Fighting All the Subpoenas" Donald Trump · White House · House Democrats · Congressional Investigators · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2019-04-22 | Trump Files Lawsuit to Block House Subpoena of Financial Records from Mazars USA Donald Trump · Mazars USA · U.S. House Oversight Committee · Elijah Cummings · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-04-09 | Trump Claims Absolute Immunity from Congressional Oversight Donald Trump · Pat Cipollone · Don McGahn · John Bolton · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-06-17 | Trump Orders McGahn to Fire Mueller, Triggering Potential "Saturday Night Massacre" Donald Trump · Don McGahn · Rod Rosenstein · Rob Porter | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-27 | Obama Criticizes Citizens United at State of Union, Alito Responds 'Not True' Barack Obama · Samuel Alito · John Roberts · Ruth Bader Ginsburg · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2006-07-24 | ABA Condemns Bush 800+ Signing Statements Nullifying Oversight George W. Bush · American Bar Association · Dick Cheney · David Addington · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2004-06-24 | Supreme Court Protects Cheney Energy Task Force Secrecy Dick Cheney · U.S. Supreme Court · Anthony Kennedy · Antonin Scalia · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2004-03-10 | Hospital Confrontation Over NSA Surveillance Program John Ashcroft · James Comey · Alberto Gonzales · Andy Card · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2003-01-21 | OGC Formalizes Systematic Network Coordination Infrastructure Through Executive Order George W. Bush · Office of Global Communications · White House Iraq Group · Television Network Executives · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2002-10-16 | WHIG Achieves Systematic Bypass of Constitutional Separation of Powers Through Congressional Deception George W. Bush · White House Iraq Group · U.S. Congress · Constitutional Framework · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2002-10-11 | Iraq War Authorization Vote Succeeds Through WHIG's Systematic Congressional Deception White House Iraq Group · U.S. House of Representatives · U.S. Senate · Hillary Clinton · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2002-09-18 | WHIG Intelligence Briefing Coordination with Congress: Systematic Misrepresentation Karl Rove · Dick Cheney · Condoleezza Rice · Lewis 'Scooter' Libby · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2002-08-15 | WHIG Establishes Network Executive Coordination Protocols for Iraq Campaign White House Iraq Group · Karen Hughes · Mary Matalin · network executives · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2002-07-21 | Office of Global Communications Establishes Daily Media Talking Points Distribution System Office of Global Communications · White House Iraq Group · George W. Bush · Television Network Executives · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2001-12-13 | Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Systematically Subordinated to Corporate Input Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs · John Graham · Corporate Stakeholder Panels · Federal Agencies | confirmed | |
| 2001-10-04 | Bush Authorizes NSA Stellar Wind Program Bypassing FISA Court George W. Bush · Michael Hayden · National Security Agency · Dick Cheney · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1998-12-19 | House of Representatives Impeaches President Clinton on Perjury and Obstruction Charges Bill Clinton · House Republicans · Kenneth Starr | confirmed |