The year 22 BBY marked not just military transformation but fundamental political change. Chancellor Palpatine's acquisition of emergency powers, proposed ironically by Jar Jar Binks representing Naboo, fundamentally altered the Republic's nature. These powers, granted "temporarily" to deal with the Separatist crisis, would never be fully relinquished.
The Emergency Powers Act allowed Palpatine to bypass the Senate on military matters, directly command the Grand Army of the Republic, and implement measures that would have been unthinkable in peacetime. The Reflex Amendment, passed later in the year, granted him near-absolute authority over military affairs, effectively removing congressional oversight from war operations.
This concentration of power in the Chancellor's office represented the Republic's transformation from democracy to dictatorship. The Senate, caught in crisis mode, consistently chose short-term security over long-term liberty, setting precedents that would echo through the coming decades.