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274 results for “Fourth Amendment”
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 11, 2026
H.R. 3203: Journalist Protection Act
…intentional acts causing bodily injury. This does not infringe the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, or Tenth Amendments. The special protection for journalists does not violate the First Amendment because it does not…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 11, 2026
H.R. 9499: Protecting Taxpayers from Ghost Preparers Act
…protected right. It does not authorize unreasonable searches or seizures (Fourth Amendment), compel self-incrimination (Fifth Amendment), or impose cruel or unusual punishment (Eighth Amendment). To the contrary, it protects taxpayers from…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 5317: Community Bank Deposit Access Act of 2025
…and does not authorize searches, seizures, or compelled testimony under the Fourth and Fifth Amendments. It changes a regulatory classification for custodial deposits at small insured banks and extends existing interest-rate limits. No…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 2860: Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2025
…or petition under the First Amendment, imposes no search or seizure under the Fourth Amendment, and takes no property or compels testimony under the Fifth Amendment. It authorizes an advisory commission, technical support, and public forum…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 4090: Critical Mineral Dominance Act
…of private persons, or compelled testimony is authorized. First Amendment and Fourth Amendment are not implicated. The bill does not restrict personal conduct, speech, belief, labor, or use of private property. It opens federal acreage to…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 6955: Main Street Capital Access Act
…Amendment, arms under the Second Amendment, or privacy and security under the Fourth Amendment. The bill lessens regulatory burdens, examinations, and reporting, it does not authorize searches, seizures, compelled testimony, or trial…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 9770: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027
…under First Amendment, arms under Second Amendment, or imposes searches under Fourth Amendment. Funding at prior-year levels and extension of existing programs does not abridge any right in Amendments 1-10. The bill does not restrict any…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 1501: Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025
…speech (First Amendment), arms (Second Amendment), or authorize searches (Fourth Amendment). No taking of private property is ordered, and no criminal procedure right is implicated. The bill restricts no personal conduct, speech, belief,…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025
…officials from reprisal such as discharge or demotion. No search under the Fourth Amendment, no compelled testimony under the Fifth Amendment, and no other prohibition is imposed. The bill removes a burden on personal speech, belief, and…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 1968: Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
…or authorizes searches, seizures, or surveillance without warrant under the Fourth Amendment. The act is a funding continuation at prior-year levels with health program extensions and contains no criminal penalty, speech code, disarmament,…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14284: Strengthening Probationary Periods in the Federal Service
…under First Amendment, arms under Second Amendment, search or seizure under Fourth Amendment, or other rights in Amendments 3, 5-10. Order addresses internal federal personnel certification only, creating no restriction on private…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14332: Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking
…not what private persons may say or publish. No search or seizure under the Fourth Amendment, no compelled testimony under the Fifth Amendment, and no criminal procedure or punishment implicating the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14349: Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between the Long Island Rail Road Company and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations
…speech under the First Amendment, does not authorize any search under the Fourth Amendment, and does not restrict arms under the Second Amendment. The 120-day status-quo period preserves existing conditions by agreement of parties under…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14353: Assuring the Security of the State of Qatar
…Second Amendment, and authorizes no search, seizure, or surveillance under the Fourth Amendment. No criminal process or punishment is imposed, so the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Amendments are not triggered. The Order does not…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14360: Modifying the Scope of the Reciprocal Tariffs With Respect to Certain Agricultural Products
…press or assembly restriction, no Second Amendment arms restriction, no Fourth Amendment search or seizure, and no Fifth through Eighth Amendment trial or punishment provision is triggered. Easing of import duties on agricultural products…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14374: Establishing a Second Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between the Long Island Rail Road Company and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations
…Amendment, disarm under the Second Amendment, or authorize searches under the Fourth Amendment. No provision of the first ten Amendments, including the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, is infringed. The Order imposes no direct restriction on…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 3937: Wabeno Economic Development Act
…Second Amendment, does not authorize search, seizure or surveillance under the Fourth Amendment, and does not take private property for public use. Instead it disposes of public property to a private buyer through a voluntary, compensated…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.Res. 1530: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9576) to establish the National Fraud Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10326) to enhance information-sharing capabilities between Federal law enforcement and State agencies to detect, investigate, and prosecute fraud in certain Federal programs, and to protect individual privacy; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 210) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to ‘‘California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 213) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the ‘‘California State Non
…are not enacted by this resolution and raise no direct First Amendment or Fourth Amendment infringement at this procedural stage. This resolution restricts no individual conduct regarding person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14278: Preparing Americans for High-Paying Skilled Trade Jobs of the Future
…under the First Amendment, arms under the Second Amendment, searches under the Fourth Amendment, or any other protection in Amendments 1-10. The Order creates no mandate, prohibition, surveillance, or condition on individuals. Section 6(c)…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14293: Regulatory Relief To Promote Domestic Production of Critical Medicines
…under Second Amendment, no search, seizure, or surveillance expansion under Fourth Amendment, and no compelled testimony or trial rights issue under Fifth and Sixth Amendments. It directs review and removal of duplicative FDA and EPA…