A portion of the pres­id­en­tial emer­gency action docu­ments, or PEAD—wide-ranging powers granted to the executive branch during times of emergency—have been disclosed using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), shedding light on some of the powers that can be exercised by American presidents. PEADs, first drafted during the Cold War era under Pres­id­ent Dwight Eisen­hower,…