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  "id": "what-is-false-positive-crisis-signal",
  "question": "What is a false positive in constitutional-crisis analysis?",
  "short_answer": "A false positive is a dramatic signal that can be produced by ordinary politics, legal conflict, technical failure, emergency management, or routine institutional behavior rather than genuine regime fracture. Alternative explanations must be tested before escalation is inferred.",
  "answer_url": "https://builttoresist.com/answers/what-is-false-positive-crisis-signal/",
  "primary_analysis_url": "https://builttoresist.com/synthesis/false-positives-and-alternative-explanations/",
  "source_section_urls": [
    "https://builttoresist.com/library/reports/federal-state-sovereignty-fracture-thresholds-failure-modes-and-continuity-of-critical-federal-functions/#warning-indicators-and-failure-pathways",
    "https://builttoresist.com/library/reports/executive-self-coup-or-gradual-internal-institutional-capture-u-s-institutional-resilience-assessment/#resilience-failure-mechanisms-and-warning-indicators",
    "https://builttoresist.com/library/reports/contested-succession-and-dual-claims-to-lawful-federal-authority/#strategic-warning-indicators-and-alternative-explanations",
    "https://builttoresist.com/library/reports/foreign-amplified-legitimacy-fracture-during-a-u-s-constitutional-crisis/#attribution-indicators-and-warning"
  ],
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    "https://builttoresist.com/indicators/",
    "https://builttoresist.com/briefing/"
  ],
  "evidence_boundary": "Synthesis of the supplied report corpus; current-sensitive legal/institutional facts require re-verification.",
  "citation_text": "Built To Resist Research Desk. “What is a false positive in constitutional-crisis analysis?” Built To Resist. Reviewed 2026-10-03. https://builttoresist.com/answers/what-is-false-positive-crisis-signal/",
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