http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20190211-221426-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-government-shutdown-another-step-towards-the-constitutional-precipice/ The Government Shutdown – Another Step towards the Constitutional Precipice Young, Katharine G. ger 2019-01-19 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Constitutional Crisis Donald Trump Government Shutdown Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Government shutdowns have occured many times in US history. They are a predictable result of a backdrop of constitutional and public law easily exposed to party polarization. And yet, the present government shutdown represents a new step forward to the precipice on which Trump is taking America’s constitutional democracy, which makes it distinctive for reasons not just of duration.