Amy Klobuchar calls on supreme court to hold Trump officials in contempt

Senator warns of US getting closer to a constitutional crisis' as Samuel Alito's dissent signals deference to Trump

Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar warned on Sunday that the US is getting closer and closer to a constitutional crisis", but the courts, growing Republican disquiet at Trump administration policies, and public protest were holding it off.

I believe as long as these courts hold, and the constituents hold, and the congress starts standing up, our democracy will hold," Klobuchar told CNN's State of the Union, adding but Donald Trump is trying to pull us down into the sewer of a crisis."