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#emergency powers

Extraordinary executive authorities invoked during declared emergencies. Incidents involve abuse of emergency declarations to bypass congressional authority, fund unauthorized projects, or justify military deployments without proper authorization.

1 incident

Grade 2 of 5: Major Abuse of Power

America First Arms Transfer Strategy: Human Rights Safeguards Removed From Weapons Exports

An executive order removed human-rights weighting from US executive arms transfer policy, replacing decades of bipartisan policy with a commerce-first approach. The subsequent emergency bypass of congressional review for $23+ billion in Gulf arms sales demonstrated the immediate consequences of removing these guardrails.