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Executive overreach
Executive action beyond its statutory or constitutional bounds.
- 0
- Events in this demo
- 0
- States with an event
- 0
- Categories in this theme
- 0
- Most in one year
2008–2024
Sample data
Of 50
Sample data
Of 33 overall
In 2022
Sample data
Over time
The shape of this theme
Events coded to executive overreach across 17 years and 48 states. On the finished site this curve is what a reader checks before asking whether their own state is unusual.
Synthetic counts. The shape carries no claim about this theme.
Categories
What rolls up to this theme
- Unilateral rule by executive order75
- Refusal to enforce an enacted law66
- Confirmation process bypass58
- Agency leadership purge57
Where
States with the most
- New Mexico14
- Minnesota12
- Iowa11
- Nebraska11
- Texas11
- Hawaii10
- Washington10
- Alaska9
Sample counts, not a ranking of states.
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How it is coded
What qualifies an event for this theme, and how coders decide between neighbouring categories.
Read the methodology