The US could be teetering on the brink of a constitutional crisis as a result of President Donald Trump's executive actions that have challenged the limits of presidential powers. What does this mean for the balance of democratic institutions and the rule of law in the US? We discuss this with Prof. Cheryl Saunders of the University of Melbourne.

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Produced by: Jake Lim

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Wong Shou Ning, Philip See

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Categories:  Law/Activism,  controversies,  government,  politics,  international

Tags:  constitutional crisis,  presidential power,  donald trump,  executive order,  us politics,  democracy,