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    {
      "name": "American Revolutionary War",
      "slug": "revolutionary-war",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "Pre-Constitution. Continental Congress authorized."
    },
    {
      "name": "Quasi-War with France",
      "slug": "quasi-war",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "Never declared by Congress. Adams acted on executive authority."
    },
    {
      "name": "First Barbary War",
      "slug": "barbary-wars",
      "score": 60,
      "congressionalAuth": true,
      "authDetail": "Congress authorized use of force (1802)."
    },
    {
      "name": "War of 1812",
      "slug": "war-of-1812",
      "score": 60,
      "congressionalAuth": true,
      "authDetail": "Declared by Congress June 18, 1812."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mexican-American War",
      "slug": "mexican-american-war",
      "score": 60,
      "congressionalAuth": true,
      "authDetail": "Declared by Congress May 13, 1846."
    },
    {
      "name": "American Civil War",
      "slug": "civil-war",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "Lincoln acted on executive authority to suppress rebellion. Congress authorized military expansion."
    },
    {
      "name": "Spanish-American War",
      "slug": "spanish-american-war",
      "score": 60,
      "congressionalAuth": true,
      "authDetail": "Declared by Congress April 25, 1898."
    },
    {
      "name": "Philippine-American War",
      "slug": "philippine-american-war",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "No congressional declaration. Executive action under McKinley."
    },
    {
      "name": "World War I",
      "slug": "world-war-i",
      "score": 60,
      "congressionalAuth": true,
      "authDetail": "Declared by Congress April 6, 1917."
    },
    {
      "name": "World War II",
      "slug": "world-war-ii",
      "score": 60,
      "congressionalAuth": true,
      "authDetail": "Declared by Congress December 8, 1941 (Japan), December 11, 1941 (Germany/Italy)."
    },
    {
      "name": "Korean War",
      "slug": "korean-war",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "Never declared by Congress. Truman called it a \"police action\" under UN authority."
    },
    {
      "name": "Iranian Coup (Operation Ajax)",
      "slug": "iran-1953",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "Covert CIA operation. No congressional knowledge."
    },
    {
      "name": "Guatemalan Coup",
      "slug": "guatemala-1954",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "Covert CIA operation (Operation PBSUCCESS)."
    },
    {
      "name": "Vietnam War",
      "slug": "vietnam-war",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964) — later revealed to be based on fabricated intelligence. Never a formal declaration of war."
    },
    {
      "name": "Bay of Pigs Invasion",
      "slug": "bay-of-pigs",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "Covert CIA operation. No congressional authorization or knowledge."
    },
    {
      "name": "Dominican Republic Intervention",
      "slug": "dominican-republic-1965",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "Executive action by Johnson. No congressional authorization."
    },
    {
      "name": "Chilean Coup Support",
      "slug": "chile-1973",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "Covert CIA operation. Nixon/Kissinger directive."
    },
    {
      "name": "Invasion of Grenada",
      "slug": "grenada",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "Reagan invoked executive authority. UN General Assembly condemned invasion 108-9."
    },
    {
      "name": "Invasion of Panama",
      "slug": "panama",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "Executive action by Bush. No congressional authorization."
    },
    {
      "name": "Gulf War (Desert Storm)",
      "slug": "gulf-war",
      "score": 60,
      "congressionalAuth": true,
      "authDetail": "Congress authorized use of force January 12, 1991."
    },
    {
      "name": "Somalia Intervention",
      "slug": "somalia",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "UN peacekeeping mission. Executive action by Bush and Clinton."
    },
    {
      "name": "Bosnia Intervention",
      "slug": "bosnia",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "NATO authority. Clinton did not seek congressional authorization for bombing campaign."
    },
    {
      "name": "Kosovo War (NATO Bombing)",
      "slug": "kosovo",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "No congressional authorization. Clinton bypassed War Powers Resolution. Congress voted down authorization but also voted down defunding."
    },
    {
      "name": "War in Afghanistan",
      "slug": "afghanistan",
      "score": 60,
      "congressionalAuth": true,
      "authDetail": "AUMF passed September 14, 2001. Later used to justify operations in 22 countries."
    },
    {
      "name": "Global War on Terror (Other Operations)",
      "slug": "post-911-global",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "All conducted under the 2001 AUMF — a 60-word authorization written in 3 days that has been used to justify military operations in at least 22 countries."
    },
    {
      "name": "Iraq War",
      "slug": "iraq-war",
      "score": 60,
      "congressionalAuth": true,
      "authDetail": "Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution (2002). Based on false WMD intelligence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Global Drone Campaign",
      "slug": "drone-wars",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "Justified under 2001 AUMF. No specific authorization for most target countries."
    },
    {
      "name": "Somalia (AFRICOM Operations)",
      "slug": "somalia-ongoing",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "Conducted under 2001 AUMF — stretched to cover al-Shabaab despite no connection to 9/11."
    },
    {
      "name": "Libya Intervention",
      "slug": "libya",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "Obama did not seek congressional authorization. Justified under NATO/UN authority. Exceeded 60-day War Powers Act limit."
    },
    {
      "name": "Niger & Sahel Operations",
      "slug": "niger-sahel",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "Conducted under 2001 AUMF. Most Americans unaware US troops were in Niger until the 2017 ambush."
    },
    {
      "name": "Syrian Civil War Intervention",
      "slug": "syria",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "Justified under 2001 AUMF — written to target al-Qaeda, applied to ISIS 13 years later."
    },
    {
      "name": "War Against ISIS",
      "slug": "isis-iraq-syria",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "Obama used 2001 AUMF (designed for 9/11 attackers) to justify war against ISIS — a group that didn't exist in 2001 and was actually fighting al-Qaeda."
    },
    {
      "name": "Yemen War (Saudi Support)",
      "slug": "yemen",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "No congressional authorization. Congress voted to end support in 2019; Trump vetoed. Biden pledged to end but continued."
    },
    {
      "name": "Ukraine Military Support",
      "slug": "ukraine-support",
      "score": 60,
      "congressionalAuth": true,
      "authDetail": "Congress approved multiple supplemental funding packages. Bipartisan support initially; grew contentious by 2024."
    },
    {
      "name": "Red Sea / Houthi Campaign",
      "slug": "red-sea-houthis",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "No congressional authorization. Biden administration cited Article II self-defense authority. Bipartisan criticism from both parties."
    },
    {
      "name": "Iran War (2026)",
      "slug": "iran-2026",
      "score": 30,
      "congressionalAuth": false,
      "authDetail": "No congressional authorization sought. Trump cited executive authority. Bipartisan concerns about escalation."
    }
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      "name": "Washington",
      "averageScore": 0,
      "totalConflicts": 0,
      "declared": 0,
      "undeclared": 0
    },
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      "name": "Adams",
      "averageScore": 0,
      "totalConflicts": 0,
      "declared": 0,
      "undeclared": 0
    },
    {
      "name": "Jefferson",
      "averageScore": 0,
      "totalConflicts": 0,
      "declared": 0,
      "undeclared": 0
    },
    {
      "name": "Madison",
      "averageScore": 60,
      "totalConflicts": 1,
      "declared": 1,
      "undeclared": 0
    },
    {
      "name": "Polk",
      "averageScore": 60,
      "totalConflicts": 1,
      "declared": 1,
      "undeclared": 0
    },
    {
      "name": "Lincoln",
      "averageScore": 0,
      "totalConflicts": 0,
      "declared": 0,
      "undeclared": 0
    },
    {
      "name": "McKinley",
      "averageScore": 60,
      "totalConflicts": 1,
      "declared": 1,
      "undeclared": 0
    },
    {
      "name": "Roosevelt",
      "averageScore": 60,
      "totalConflicts": 1,
      "declared": 1,
      "undeclared": 0
    },
    {
      "name": "Wilson",
      "averageScore": 60,
      "totalConflicts": 1,
      "declared": 1,
      "undeclared": 0
    },
    {
      "name": "Truman",
      "averageScore": 45,
      "totalConflicts": 2,
      "declared": 1,
      "undeclared": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Eisenhower",
      "averageScore": 0,
      "totalConflicts": 0,
      "declared": 0,
      "undeclared": 0
    },
    {
      "name": "Kennedy",
      "averageScore": 30,
      "totalConflicts": 1,
      "declared": 0,
      "undeclared": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Johnson",
      "averageScore": 30,
      "totalConflicts": 1,
      "declared": 0,
      "undeclared": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Nixon",
      "averageScore": 30,
      "totalConflicts": 1,
      "declared": 0,
      "undeclared": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Reagan",
      "averageScore": 0,
      "totalConflicts": 0,
      "declared": 0,
      "undeclared": 0
    },
    {
      "name": "Bush Sr.",
      "averageScore": 0,
      "totalConflicts": 0,
      "declared": 0,
      "undeclared": 0
    },
    {
      "name": "Clinton",
      "averageScore": 0,
      "totalConflicts": 0,
      "declared": 0,
      "undeclared": 0
    },
    {
      "name": "Obama",
      "averageScore": 0,
      "totalConflicts": 0,
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      "undeclared": 0
    },
    {
      "name": "Bush Jr.",
      "averageScore": 60,
      "totalConflicts": 1,
      "declared": 1,
      "undeclared": 0
    },
    {
      "name": "Biden",
      "averageScore": 0,
      "totalConflicts": 0,
      "declared": 0,
      "undeclared": 0
    },
    {
      "name": "Trump",
      "averageScore": 0,
      "totalConflicts": 0,
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