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

   H.R. 139: Sunshine Protection Act of 2025

   Permanent daylight saving time is a uniform commercial standard within Congress commerce power. It restricts no protected right, takes no property, denies no hearing, preserves exempt-area choice, and leaves personal liberty intact.…

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

   H.R. 1501: Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025

   Federal permitting-reform bill grounded in the Commerce Clause and Property Clause that speeds existing reviews without infringing rights, sovereignty, or due process, and without expanding federal power. Congress acts within explicit…

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

   Executive Order 14323: Addressing Threats to the United States by the Government of Brazil

   …cost. No direct rights violation found by this SI review. Tariff and foreign-commerce authority belongs to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Clause 3, while the President holds executive and foreign-relations power under…

4. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 14, 2026

   Executive Order 14392: Ensuring Truthful Advertising of Products Claiming To Be Made in America

   …the federal government's constitutional authority to regulate interstate commerce and prevent fraud. It does not infringe on First Amendment rights because it targets false and misleading commercial speech, which is not protected. The…

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

   Executive Order 14260: Protecting American Energy From State Overreach

   …laws and enforcement through courts, grounded in supremacy and interstate commerce authority, with no rights infringement or taking. President acts under Article II, Section 1 vesting of executive power and Article II, Section 3 duty to…

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

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

   …for supply-chain security. It stays within Article II execution, Article I commerce and property powers, infringes no Bill of Rights protections, and federal action is the minimum necessary level for offshore and international seabed…

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

   H.R. 859: Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act

   …mandate that falls within Congress's enumerated power to regulate interstate commerce, does not infringe any Bill of Rights protections, respects individual sovereignty by informing consumers without restricting their choices, passes all…

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

   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".

   HJRES 210 is a constitutional exercise of congressional oversight under the Commerce Clause and the legislative process. Using SI-reviewed legislative history, it disapproves an EPA authorization without infringing the Bill of Rights,…

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

   H.R. 2913: Ukraine Support Act

   HR 2913 operates within core federal foreign-affairs, defense, and foreign-commerce powers, imposes no domestic rights restriction or taking, and federal action is the only competent level. SI review finds it constitutional. Congress has…

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

    Executive Order 14254: Combating Unfair Practices in the Live Entertainment Market

    …ticket-sales, and tax laws and improved price transparency, within Commerce Clause and Take Care Clause authority, without infringing Bill of Rights freedoms, restricting individual conduct, seizing property, or consolidating new federal…

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

    Executive Order 14365: Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence

    …and direct executive officers, including the Attorney General and Secretary of Commerce. Challenging state laws in court invokes the Supremacy Clause in Article VI, Clause 2 and the Commerce Clause in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 where…

12. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 10, 2026

    H.R. 747: Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025

    …reservation of powers to the states. While Congress has authority over foreign commerce and national security, the broad delegation of sanctioning power and the lack of procedural safeguards for targeted entities create substantial…

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

    Executive Order 14369: Ensuring American Space Superiority

    …takes no property without due process. Grade A. Federal space, defense, and commerce action is authorized. Article II, Section 2 makes the President Commander in Chief and vests executive power in directing agencies; Article II, Section 3…

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

    Executive Order 14256: Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People's Republic of China as Applied to Low-Value Imports

    Constitutional border and foreign-commerce action to close the de minimis channel exploited for synthetic opioid shipments, with advance notice and lawful collection procedures and no Bill of Rights infringement. Minor tension remains from…

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

    H.R. 3633: Digital Asset Market Clarity Act

    Federal market-structure bill within Commerce Clause authority that sets CFTC and SEC jurisdiction, maturity-based exemptions, and intermediary safeguards without restricting speech, ownership, or due process. Minor recordkeeping tension…

16. 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

    …board expressly required by Railway Labor Act section 9A, executing Commerce Clause regulation of rail disputes. Temporary, neutral, report-only body with no rights restriction, no permanent centralization, and no deprivation or taking.…

17. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 8652 · May 15, 2026

    Narrowed Youth Online Data Consent Act (YODCA)

    …by requiring verifiable parental consent for platforms engaging in interstate commerce, building on COPPA. This Act requires websites and apps in interstate commerce that target or knowingly serve U.S. children under 16 to obtain…

18. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 14, 2026

    H.R. 9171: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027

    …can be tied to the Property Clause (Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2) and the Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3), funding entities like the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the…

19. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 11, 2026

    H.R. 1941: Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act

    …intimate deepfakes, which is a legitimate exercise of federal power under the Commerce Clause, but it raises significant concerns regarding the scope of speech restrictions and the potential for overbreadth, as well as the federalization…

20. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 11, 2026

    H.R. 3203: Journalist Protection Act

    …tensions. It falls within Congress's enumerated powers under the Commerce Clause and the Necessary and Proper Clause, and it does not directly infringe any Bill of Rights protections. However, the creation of a special protected class for…