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To: sam who wrote (14093)	11/9/2000 9:13:36 AM
From: Gerald Walls	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24042

Moreover, a Constitutional crises -- if it does ensue -- will not bring down the Union. I have to roll my eyes every time I hear the worn-out and totally non-applicable phrase "Constitutional crisis". The press really loves to use it because it sounds so ominous. This is NOT a Constitutional crisis. Everything is proceeding inside the bounds the Constitution provides. I just wish that one of the political analysts being interviewed would just stop and ask "Why do you say this is a Constitutional crisis?" and wait while the anchor tried to stammer out a reply. Even if we have a tie or if a third party actually took some electoral votes and we have a situation where no candidate has 270 votes the Constitution spells out EXACTLY what to do. This is NOT a "Constitutional crisis". A Constitutional crisis would ensue if a President issued an order to nullify an election, or ordered US troops to enforce laws in the US, or issued directives to government agencies to ignore the law and take actions he wanted, or took some other action extra-Constitutional, such as issuing orders to shut down newspapers, issuing orders to confiscate firearms, issuing orders to seize land or other property without recompense, etc.