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13 results for “war powers”
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 11, 2026
H.R. 1810: Safe Schools Improvement Act
…Rights, but its potential to compel speech or restrict local decision-making warrants a structural rewrite to better align with constitutional principles of federalism and enumerated powers. The federal government's authority over…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 10, 2026
H.R. 1069: PROTECT Our Kids Act
…of the condition. Therefore, the bill likely exceeds Congress's enumerated powers. The bill penalizes schools for having partnerships with Chinese government-backed cultural institutes (e.g., Confucius Institutes). This implicates the…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.R. 1005: Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act
…on federal education funding that likely exceed Congress's enumerated powers under the Spending Clause, infringe on state and local control of education in violation of the Tenth Amendment, and restrict individual sovereignty by compelling…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 14, 2026
H.R. 10202: High School Voter Empowerment Act of 2026
…federal voter registration policy, and it exceeds Congress's enumerated powers by conditioning education funding on the performance of voter registration activities. While voter registration is a legitimate state function, the federal…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 13, 2026
S. 3627: Pregnant Students’ Rights Act
…variation would be more appropriate. The Tenth Amendment reserves to states powers not delegated to the federal government, and while the spending power allows conditions, this condition is not closely related to the purpose of student…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 14, 2026
H.R. 7994: HERO Act
The HERO Act establishes a federal grant program for opioid overdose reversal drugs in schools and imposes reporting requirements on recipients. While the spending power under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 authorizes conditional grants,…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 11, 2026
H.R. 5505: Equal Campus Access Act of 2026
The Equal Campus Access Act of 2026 is mostly sound but has minor constitutional tension. It uses federal spending power to enforce religious free exercise and free speech at public universities, which is within Congress's enumerated…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 10, 2026
H.R. 1048: DETERRENT Act
…bill's requirements on institutions receiving federal funds are within these powers. However, the bill's application to private institutions that may not receive federal funds could be challenged as exceeding enumerated powers, but as…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 14, 2026
H.R. 9203: Student Protection and University Accountability Act
The bill imposes procedural requirements on institutions of higher education as a condition of participating in federal student aid programs, which falls within Congress's spending power. However, it raises significant concerns by…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 10, 2026
H.R. 1049: Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act
This bill raises significant constitutional concerns primarily because it conditions federal education funding on state and local compliance with specific parental notification requirements regarding foreign influence in schools. While the…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.R. 6359: Pregnant Students’ Rights Act
The bill is a permissible exercise of Congress's spending power. It attaches a narrow information-disclosure condition to voluntary participation in federal student aid programs, does not restrict student speech, privacy, or reproductive…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 10, 2026
H.R. 881: DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act
…targets academic and cultural exchanges, which are not within DHS's enumerated powers over immigration, customs, or national security. The bill effectively uses DHS funding to regulate education, an area not delegated to the federal…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 4795: Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026
Federal funding conditions are within the spending power, with fair process and no taking, but tying aid to non-participation in Israel boycotts burdens protected political expression and expressive association, requiring a rewrite to…