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26 results for “tariffs”
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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…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
S.J.Res. 77: A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada.
SJRES 77 is constitutional. Congress uses its Article I foreign-commerce and duties powers to end an executive emergency tariff on Canada, removing a burden on peaceful exchange, restoring legislative process, and pushing power away from…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14324: Suspending Duty-Free De Minimis Treatment for All Countries
Ending global de minimis duty-free treatment operates in an inherently federal customs domain with no direct Bill of Rights or takings violation, but imposing worldwide duties by executive emergency declaration usurps Congress's Article I,…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14329: Addressing Threats to the United States by the Government of the Russian Federation
…Federation threat and Indian purchases of Russian oil. Foreign commerce, tariffs, sanctions, and response to a foreign-government threat cannot be handled by individuals, families, localities, or states acting alone without fragmenting…
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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
Federal border and foreign-policy response with a cited statutory basis that protects rather than restricts domestic expression; minor tension only from broad emergency-duty delegation and incidental consumer cost. No direct rights…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14384: Modifying Duties To Address Threats to the United States by the Government of the Russian Federation
This order ends the added 25 percent duty on goods of India following steps to stop Russian oil imports. It uses proper federal foreign-commerce power, eases burdens, infringes no rights, respects just process. Result is proper. This order…