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1. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

   Executive Order 14303: Restoring Gold Standard Science

   …First Amendment, no disarmament under Second Amendment, no searches under Fourth Amendment, and no compelled testimony. It regulates internal executive-branch scientific integrity only. No person is compelled or prohibited from speaking,…

2. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

   Executive Order 14317: Creating Schedule G in the Excepted Service

   …trial procedure change, or arms restriction. Citing First Amendment and Fourth Amendment as representative, no provision restricts expression or authorizes surveillance. The order restricts no private person in their person, property,…

3. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

   Executive Order 14337: Revocation of Executive Order on Competition

   …other protections in the first ten Amendments. Under the First Amendment and Fourth Amendment, there is no compelled speech, censorship, or search. It removes prior executive direction rather than imposing a new burden, so no Bill of…

4. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

   Executive Order 14363: Launching the Genesis Mission

   …under section 3(a)(v) and 3(b). That express savings clause preserves Fourth Amendment limits on unreasonable searches and seizures, Fifth Amendment due process privacy interests, and First Amendment expression interests. Any future…

5. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

   Executive Order 14434: Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence

   …religion, press, assembly, petition under First Amendment; no search under Fourth Amendment; no compelled testimony under Fifth Amendment; no trial, jury, or punishment issues under Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth Amendments. The order…

6. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 08, 2026

   Executive Order 14251: Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs

   …No search, self-incrimination, trial, or cruel punishment issue under Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendments. As employer, the federal government has wider latitude to set conditions of federal employment than to regulate…

7. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

   Executive Order 14257: Regulating Imports With a Reciprocal Tariff To Rectify Trade Practices That Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits

   …speech under the First Amendment, infringe the Second Amendment, or authorize Fourth Amendment search and seizure. No provision targets press, assembly, petition, jury trial, or quartering. Tariffs directly restrict individuals' and firms'…

8. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

   Executive Order 14258: Extending the TikTok Enforcement Delay

   …search, seizure, compelled testimony, or punishment within the meaning of the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendments. The order does not restrict what a person may do with their person, property, speech, labor, or belief; it…

9. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 08, 2026

   Executive Order 14282: Transparency Regarding Foreign Influence at American Universities

   …as condition on voluntary receipt of federal funds. No search/seizure under Fourth Amendment: directs audits and investigations 'as consistent with applicable law' and through Attorney General enforcement, preserving warrant and statutory…

10. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    Executive Order 14285: Unleashing America's Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources

    …Amendment, or search, seizure, self-incrimination, or trial rights under Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Amendments. Order concerns agency permitting, mapping, reporting, and foreign partnership for seabed minerals, with express…

11. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    Executive Order 14301: Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy

    …seizure, self-incrimination, or criminal trial procedure implicating Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh or Eighth Amendments. No unenumerated liberty under Ninth Amendment is burdened and no reserved power under Tenth Amendment is seized…

12. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    Executive Order 14345: Implementing the United States-Japan Agreement

    …are duties under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, not a search under the Fourth Amendment or a speech restriction under the First Amendment. No First Amendment or Second Amendment burden is imposed on its face. A tariff is a government…

13. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 08, 2026

    Executive Order 14334: Further Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates To Reflect Ongoing Discussions With the People's Republic of China

    …or Eighth Amendments. It does not authorize search or seizure under the Fourth Amendment and creates no self-incrimination or fair-trial issue. Economic regulation of imports is not a Bill of Rights violation by itself. Ad valorem duties…

14. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 08, 2026

    Executive Order 14346: Modifying the Scope of Reciprocal Tariffs and Establishing Procedures for Implementing Trade and Security Agreements

    …are economic duties on imports, not a First Amendment, Second Amendment, or Fourth Amendment intrusion. No Tenth Amendment reservation is infringed because foreign commerce regulation is a federal subject. Reciprocal ad valorem duties…

15. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 10, 2026

    H.R. 6260: Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025

    …The bill's broad definition could also lead to arbitrary enforcement, raising Fourth Amendment concerns about searches and seizures without probable cause. The bill restricts the ability of individuals and organizations to use their own…

16. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    H.R. 8278: Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act

    …and congressional reporting only. No First Amendment, Second Amendment, or Fourth Amendment interest is implicated, and no Ninth or Tenth Amendment reserved right is infringed. The bill restricts no personal conduct, property use, speech,…

17. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    Executive Order 14312: Providing for the Revocation of Syria Sanctions

    …liberty under the First Amendment (association and commerce-related speech), Fourth Amendment (freedom from seizure of property), Fifth Amendment (restoration of use of property), and Ninth and Tenth Amendments (retained rights and…

18. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    H.R. 4795: Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026

    …which is a colorable First Amendment infringement. No Second, Third, Fourth, Eighth Amendment issue is present. By tying institutional eligibility to suppression of Israel-directed boycotts, the bill indirectly burdens the expressive…

19. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    Executive Order 14354: Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees

    …creates no enforceable right or benefit. No First Amendment, Second Amendment, Fourth Amendment, or other Bill of Rights provision is implicated. The order restricts nothing a person may do with their person, property, speech, labor, or…

20. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade F (Direct violation) · Oct 14, 2026

    Executive Order 14399: Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections

    …implicating the First Amendment right to vote and associate. The Fourth Amendment is also implicated because the order requires the transmission of personal data (citizenship status) without a warrant or individualized suspicion,…