Constitutional crisis
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A constitutional crisis occurs when it is unclear who or what has greater authority in a state.
Famous crises include Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam being sacked by the Governor General (an unelected offical), and outgoing Prime Minister Robert Muldoon refusing to implement the immediate currency reform that new Prime Minister David Lange wanted.
Fortunately for the free world, the leader of the free world has not had any constitutional crises. In the US, such potential crises are settled by Fox News who have the final word on the matter.
Some would argue that the landmark (but not precedent-setting) Supreme Court case Bush v. Gore (and most of the Executive branch's actions for the following seven years) was a constitutional crisis, but very little fuss seems to have been made over it.
