Ever since Donald Trump took the Oath of Office, we have been bracing for a full-blown constitutional crisis. Like many of you, my focus has been on the courts. With each passing court ruling, I have waited with bated breath to see if Trump would explicitly defy a court order or if a judge would hold the administration in contempt.

It turns out we were looking for the cracks in the wrong branch of government. The immediate crisis is in our legislative branch — and this week, it made itself too obvious to miss. 

In the span of five days, the administration...

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