NOW PLAYING
Doug Schoen: Hillary will produce a 'constitutional crisis'
Editor's note: The following column first appeared on TheHill.com.


ADVERTISEMENT
I made one of the most difficult decisions of my life — not just political, but also personal — on Sunday night.

During my weekly show on "The Fox Report" hosted by Harris Faulkner with Pat Caddell and John LeBoutillier, I indicated that it will be very difficult, if not impossible, for me to vote for Hillary Clinton on November 8.

Why did I say this?

Not for any small reason.

I am now convinced that we will be facing the very real possibility of a constitutional crisis with many dimensions and deleterious consequences should Secretary Clinton win the election.

FBI Director James Comey’s decision to make public the fact that more emails potentially pertinent to the Clinton probe had been found on Anthony Weiner’s computer changes the impact of this election on the future of the country.

Predictions Map
See the Fox News 2016 battleground prediction map and make your own election projections.
See Predictions Map →
I say this because regardless of what Secretary Clinton did or didn’t do or what her aide, Huma Abedin, did or didn’t do or even what Anthony Weiner did or didn’t do, I am now convinced that we will be facing the very real possibility of a constitutional crisis with many dimensions and deleterious consequences should Secretary Clinton win the election.

In the best case scenario, there will be at the very least a criminal investigation of president-elect Clinton. And there will be a criminal investigation of Huma Abedin, which is apparently ongoing. Furthermore, there will be potential investigations into the actions of the Justice Department and most of all the FBI and its director, James Comey.

After the past eight years wherein America has become progressively more and more divided and a campaign season that has magnified these divisions, I fear for that we will not be able to withstand this kind of continued scandal.

Let me contextualize this point a bit more as the term “Watergate” gets thrown around alot these days.

Donald Trump likes to say that the Clinton email scandal is worse than Watergate. I remember Watergate very well.

What troubled me most, other than the crimes committed, was that the United States was paralyzed and unable to act. President Nixon and the government were rendered impotent, unable to govern and meet its responsibilities to the American public.

I worry that the same thing could happen after a victory by Secretary Clinton and could carry on into her term of office.

There will be no goodwill or honeymoon period for Clinton. Her first 100-days agenda will take a backseat to partisan divisions and polarization with little chance of constructive legislative action occurring.

We have seen that a hyper-partisan, gridlocked Washington is bad for the country. There is no reason to believe that Clinton’s tenure will be anything but more of the same in this way and, most likely, a lot worse.

Further, Russian President Vladimir Putin said (tongue-in-cheek) that we are not a banana republic.‎ I greatly fear we could become one if Secretary Clinton is elected president.


It's pretty sad that anyone who would call themselves an American would be choosing to support Hillary Clinton Knowing that she will be needing either a pardon crom Obama OR, she will have to
Pardon HERSELF!
Excuse me, but Just exactly HOW is it possible to Pardon ONESELF?
Wouldn't that kinda make impeachment a bit difficult?
Why didn't Nixon pardon himself?
Only a twisted mind can comprehend a reality in which the Law is Supposed to apply to Everyone, but at the top, the President can pardon herself for crimes committed. How is that not a head exploding concept? If you can pardon YOURSELF, You're Literally
Above the Law. It's not a sane mind that believes it is possible.