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7 results for “Fourth Amendment”
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Amendment IV: Searches and Seizures
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation,…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
S.J.Res. 7: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to "Addressing the Homework Gap Through the E-Rate Program".
…the required acceptable-use policy tied to First Amendment activity and Fourth Amendment device tracking concerns. No provision of the First through Tenth Amendments is infringed; the First Amendment and Tenth Amendment support leaving…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
S. 1003: Lulu’s Law
…with no penalty, mandate to speak, or surveillance. First Amendment and Fourth Amendment are not implicated. S. 1003 imposes no restriction on what a person may do with their person, property, speech, labor, or belief. No one is compelled…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 139: Sunshine Protection Act of 2025
…and does not authorize searches, seizures, or surveillance implicating the Fourth Amendment. It creates no criminal liability, compelled testimony, or punishment implicating the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendments. Setting a…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.R. 2659: Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act
…these enumerated powers. The bill does not infringe the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendments. It does not regulate speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, arms, quartering, or criminal procedure.…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 10, 2026
H.R. 901: Research Security and Accountability in DHS Act
…restraints, and no restrictions on individual expression or association. The Fourth Amendment is not implicated because the bill does not authorize searches or seizures; it merely requires internal policy development and GAO reporting. The…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 17, 2026
H.R. 10170: Memory Chip Competitiveness Assessment Act of 2026
…from any private individual or entity that would implicate the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, or Tenth Amendments. It does not restrict speech, assembly, press, religion, or petition; it does not authorize…