CrossTalk: Crisis Politics

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In the age of Trump political gridlock has been taken to the next level. There is a lot at stake – a Supreme Court seat and presidential prerogatives. In the end it is about the rule of law and equal application of the law. We are gazing into the abyss with compromise unlikely.

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