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A '''constitutional crisis''' has been descibed described as a situation that a [[legal]] system's [[constitution]] or other basic principles of operation appear unable to resolve; it often results in a breakdown in the orderly operation of [[government]].

Here is a list of constitutional crisis' which have occurred in the [[United States]] and its immediate predecessors:<ref>http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2012/06/five-constitutional-crises-that-actually-existed/ </ref>

*In 1841 the death of President [[William Henry Harrison|William Harrison]] resulted in Vice-President [[John Tyler]] becoming President, the first vice-president to succeed thus to the presidency. Since resolved by Constitutional Amendment. *The [[secession]] of seven [[Southern United States|Southern]] [[states]] in 1861, which the federal government did not recognize, leading to the American [[Civil War]].<ref>https://www.jstor.org/stable/1844986 </ref>*[[United States presidential election, 1876|1876 presidential election]]: leading to the Compromise of 1876. [[Republican Party (United States)|RepublicansDemocrat]] and Democrats s disputed voting results in three states. An ''ad hoc'' Electoral Commission, created by the [[United States Congress|Congresselectoral votes]], voted along party lines in favor three states. Democrats agreed to the election of Republican candidate [[Rutherford B. Hayes]], who in the Compromis of 1876 bowed to the [[Democrat]]s demand to provided that he would end [[Reconstruction]]. This initiated was the beginning of the [[DemocratKu Klux Klan|Democrats reign of terror]]s century- long policies in the [[American South]] and of [[segregation]] and [[Jim Crow]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=fLP428Lo79kC&pg=PA307&lpg=PA307&dq=compromise+1876+reign+of+terror&source=bl&ots=AL25ChJUye&sig=YfhoTPkh7bWYUZF3xS7dsymZrNA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiIzZ6ikI3QAhWoqFQKHUJ1B1QQ6AEIYzAL#v=onepage&q=compromise%201876%20reign%20of%20terror&f=false]</ref>*[[Watergate]].Watergate era produced several major reforms dealing with abuse-of-power, such as the [[War Powers Act]], requiring [[Congress]]ional authorization for [[military]] action; the Fair Campaign Practices Act, which created the [[FEC]] and required stricter reporting and accountability for campaign contributions; and the [[Freedom of Information Act]], which mandates disclosure and open access to government officials' records and documents.<ref>http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/rvp/pubaf/chronicle/v5/My8/watergate.html </ref>

*The election of [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]], first US president elected while under [[criminal]] investigation.<ref>http://www.forbes.com/sites/dougschoendojugschoen/2016/10/31/president-hillary-clinton-and-a-constitutional-crisis/ </ref><ref>[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/10/30/democrat_doug_schoen_is_reconsidering_his_support_for_hillary_clinton_because_of_fbi.html] </ref><ref>http://observer.com/2016/06/the-coming-constitutional-crisis-over-hillary-clintons-emailgate/ </ref>*Speculation that a Republican senate will block all Supreme Court nominees by Hillary Clinton if she is elected President.*The possibility that a legal dispute over the 2016 election (like ''[[Bush v. Gore]]'' in 2000) will result in a 4-4 tie at the Supreme Court.