# Executive power

`kaal:entity:executive-power`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `executive-power`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 1 works, 2021 to 2021.

**2021**

- [3782193-035](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782193-035) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The Articles of Confederation were consciously written to limit the authority of a weak central government with no chief executive, and this made the American war effort difficult because the organization was very inefficient at marshalling resources.
  > These Articles were consciously authored to limit the authority of its weak central government which had no chief executive. This made the war effort difficult because it meant the organization was very inefficient at marshalling resources.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782193
- [3782193-038](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782193-038) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- When the executive branch is given more centralizing power during a crisis, or simply takes it, the mechanism for removing that power once the threat has passed has rarely been followed.
  > When the executive branch is given more centralizing power during a crisis, or simply takes it, the mechanism for removing that power when the threat is over has rarely been followed.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782193

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