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1. 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…

2. 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,…

3. 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…

4. 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…

5. 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…

6. 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…

7. 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…

8. 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…

9. 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…

10. 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)…

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

    Executive Order 14247: Modernizing Payments To and From America's Bank Account

    …for Federal disbursements and receipts does not search or seize under the Fourth Amendment, does not compel self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment, and expressly requires protection of personally identifiable and tax return…

12. 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…

13. 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,…

14. 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,…

15. 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…

16. 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'…

17. 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…

18. 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…

19. 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…

20. 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…