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Talk:Constitutional crisis
This article is completely incorrect. What is described is merely one type of constitutional crisis - there are an almost infinite number of forms for them. A crisis simply occurs when a case opens a chink in the constitution that no-one thought of, and there is no legal coverage. Improvements needed please. I'll try to add some. One that comes to mind is the 'X Case' in Ireland, when a 14-year rape victim was stopped having an abortion by the State, then threatened to kill herself (and, duh, consequently the baby), which placed the State into a constitutional crisis over its constitutional requirement to both prevent abortion and protect the life of the child. DogP 23:53, 5 February 2009 (EST)
Other topics that could be covered[edit]
- States winding down - either into civil war or dissolution.
- Failed states
- Belgium
- Watergate
- The political leader/ruler becomes incompetent to govern (insanity, external event leading to mental incapacity etc).
- Sedevacantists, Birthers and others of those various ilks.
82.44.143.26 (talk) 16:51, 11 March 2011 (UTC)