A recent YouGov poll shows that a majority of the public believes the United States is in a “constitutional crisis,” though recent polling by the same firm also suggests that President Donald Trump has high approval ratings.

Law professors have long debated what the term means. But now many have concluded that the nation faces a reckoning as President Trump tests the boundaries of executive power.

Vice President JD Vance, Elon Musk and others in the Trump administration are openly challenging the centuries-old power of the nation’s judiciary, foreshadowing a possible constitutional breakdown of American government.

As the White House ignores congressional mandates, the conflict raises questions at the heart of the nation’s founding document.