Executive Order 14304 explained · Executive Order · No disposition noted
Leading the World in Supersonic Flight
Signed: 2025-06-06 Published: 2025-06-11 Federal Register document: 2025-10800
Agencies: Executive Office of the President
What Executive Order 14304 says
Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 111 (Wednesday, June 11, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 11, 2025)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 24717-24718] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-10800] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 111 / Wednesday, June 11, 2025 / Presidential Documents [[Page 24717]] Executive Order 14304 of June 6, 2025 Leading the World in Supersonic Flight By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. The United States stands at the threshold of a bold new chapter in aerospace innovation. For more than 50 years, outdated and overly restrictive regulations have grounded the promise of supersonic flight over land, stifling American ingenuity, weakening our global competitiveness, and ceding leadership to foreign adversaries. Advances in aerospace engineering, materials science, and noise reduction now make supersonic flight not just possible, but safe, sustainable, and commercially viable. This order begins a historic national effort to reestablish the United States as the undisputed leader in high- speed aviation. By updating obsolete standards and embracing the technologies of today and tomorrow, we will empower our engineers, entrepreneurs, and...
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Constitution Index
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Constitutionally sound
Graded 2026-10-08
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SI review finds Executive Order 14304 constitutional: it acts within established commerce and executive authority to repeal an overland supersonic ban and replace it with data-driven noise certification, with no rights infringement, no taking, and appropriate federal handling of national airspace.
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✓ Passes · Enumerated powers
Federal regulation of interstate air commerce rests on Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 Commerce Clause and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 Necessary and Proper Clause, as implemented by Congress in 49 U.S.C. 40101 et seq. directing the FAA to regulate safe use of navigable airspace. President directs subordinates under Article II, Section 1 vesting of executive power and Article II, Section 3 duty … -
✓ Passes · Bill of Rights
No provision restricts speech, religion, press, assembly under First Amendment, arms under Second Amendment, or imposes searches under Fourth Amendment. Order removes a regulatory prohibition and directs noise-based certification through rulemaking. No criminal, trial, jury, or punishment provisions implicating Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendments. No reservation issue under Ninth or Tenth … -
✓ Passes · Individual sovereignty
Order expands rather than restricts individual action: engineers, entrepreneurs, operators, and travelers gain freedom to develop and use supersonic civil flight subject to noise safety standards. No restriction on person, property, speech, labor, or belief. Any remaining noise certification is justified to prevent direct harm to others from excessive noise, a classic harm-prevention basis, pursue… -
✓ Passes · Decentralization
National airspace and interstate commercial flight certification cannot be managed by individuals, counties, or single states without fragmentation and safety risk. Federal administration of navigable airspace is the minimum effective level. Order does not create new federal preemption beyond existing airspace authority; it reduces a blanket federal ban in favor of performance standard, moving tow… -
✓ Passes · Due process and takings
No deprivation of life, liberty, or property and no seizure or taking under Fifth Amendment. Order requires rulemaking, interim standard, and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking with testing data, community acceptability, and periodic review, preserving procedural due process under Fifth Amendment and Administrative Procedure Act norms. General Provisions state implementation consistent with applicable …
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