Capture lane

Wartime Emergency Power

The Wartime Emergency Power capture lane traces 7 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

7 events From Jun 15, 1917 To Aug 15, 1971 Open in filter view →

Top 10 actors in this lane 10 actors · 1893–2026

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Date	Event	Status
1971-08-15	Nixon's New Economic Policy: Unilateral Price Controls, Gold-Window Closure, and 10% Import Surcharge Demonstrate Peak Imperial Presidency 3 src Richard Nixon · John Connally · Arthur Burns · Paul Volcker · +1	confirmed
1969-07-17	Nixon Administration Articulates Comprehensive Executive-Supremacy Doctrine: Impoundment, Secret Bombing, Pocket Vetoes, Surveillance 3 src Richard Nixon · John Mitchell · Henry Kissinger · William Rehnquist · +2	confirmed
1950-12-16	Truman Proclaims National Emergency for Korean War: Declaration Remains Legally Operative for 26 Years 2 src Harry S. Truman · Dean Acheson · George Marshall	confirmed
1950-06-27	Truman Commits U.S. Forces to Korean War by Executive Action Alone, Establishing 'Police Action' Precedent 3 src Harry S. Truman · Dean Acheson · Robert Taft · U.S. Congress · +1	confirmed
1942-02-19	Executive Order 9066 as Executive-Power Template: FDR's Internment Authority Predicate for 2001 Detention Architecture 3 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · Henry Stimson · John McCloy · Francis Biddle · +1	confirmed
1933-03-09	FDR Invokes Trading with the Enemy Act in Peacetime for Bank Holiday: Wilson-Era Wartime Statute Becomes Domestic Emergency Instrument 3 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · Henry Morgenthau · William Woodin · U.S. Congress	confirmed
1917-06-15	Wilson-Era Wartime Executive Architecture: Espionage Act, War Powers Statutes Build Permanent Emergency-Authority Template 3 src Woodrow Wilson · Bernard Baruch · Herbert Hoover · William McAdoo · +2	confirmed