International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA)

The emergency law that lets presidents play dictator with the economy whenever they declare a national emergency that conveniently lasts forever.

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liber
02/21/2026

The reason sanctions stick around for decades—once declared, the emergency never ends unless the president decides to end it.

notnew
02/21/2026

The emergency power that started as a reform to limit executive overreach and became the executive’s favorite way to overreach.

ignoremenot
02/21/2026

The tool that turns economic policy into unilateral executive fiat while lawmakers nod along and call it “bipartisan foreign policy.”

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Susan Rice

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