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

   Executive Order 14252: Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful

   …enumerated powers, decentralization and takings checks, with only minor First, Fourth and Eighth Amendment implementation risks from maximum-enforcement language that require explicit speech, search and bail safeguards. Grade B: mostly…

2. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 13, 2026

   S. 5271: A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require voters to provide photo identification.

   …the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The bill also raises concerns under the Fourth Amendment by effectively requiring citizens to submit to government identification regimes to exercise a constitutional right. The three-day window to cure…

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

   Executive Order 14259: Amendment to Reciprocal Tariffs and Updated Duties as Applied to Low-Value Imports From the People's Republic of China

   …Amendments, and authorizes no search, seizure or compelled testimony under the Fourth or Fifth Amendments. Economic burden from a tariff is not a Bill of Rights infringement. Tripling de minimis burdens and raising reciprocal rates…

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

   Executive Order 14261: Reinvigorating America's Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 14241

   …disarmament under the Second Amendment, searches or seizures under the Fourth Amendment, compelled testimony under the Fifth Amendment, or unfair trials or punishments under the Sixth through Eighth Amendments. The order addresses coal…

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

   Executive Order 14333: Declaring a Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia

   …defect requiring rewrite; as-applied conduct must still comply with the First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments. The President invokes Article II executive power to take care that laws be faithfully executed under Article II, Section 3, acting…

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

   Executive Order 14321: Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets

   …powers, encourage liberty deprivations without stated Fifth, Fourteenth, Fourth and Eighth Amendment safeguards, and consolidate local policing choices at the federal level. The defects require structural rewrite with explicit due-process…

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

   H.J.Res. 130: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment.

   …Second Amendment, and authorizes no search, seizure, or surveillance under the Fourth Amendment. It restores prior leasing policy rather than prohibiting protected conduct. The resolution does not restrict any person in use of their own…

8. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 13, 2026

   H.Con.Res. 113: Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036.

   …Amendment), quartering of soldiers (Third Amendment), search and seizure (Fourth Amendment), self-incrimination or due process (Fifth Amendment), trial by jury (Sixth and Seventh Amendments), cruel and unusual punishment (Eighth…

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

   H.Res. 1398: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8595) making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8884) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize demonstration authority for the disability insurance program; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1383) commemorating the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the Working Families Tax Cuts; and for other purposes.

   …No citizen is searched, silenced, disarmed, or punished. First Amendment and Fourth Amendment are therefore untouched. The resolution restricts no personal conduct, property use, labor, belief, or expression. It binds only Members and…

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

    Executive Order 14266: Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates To Reflect Trading Partner Retaliation and Alignment

    …or seizure of persons, homes, papers, or effects without warrant under the Fourth Amendment, does not compel self-incrimination or deny trial protections under the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendments. Economic cost is not itself a…

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

    Executive Order 14288: Strengthening and Unleashing America's Law Enforcement To Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens

    …in violation of federalism and the Tenth Amendment, with added First and Fourth Amendment and liberty risks requiring structural narrowing. The President may supervise federal law enforcement under Article II, Sections 1 and 3, and…

12. 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

    …quarter soldiers (Third Amendment), authorize unreasonable searches (Fourth Amendment), compel self-incrimination or deny due process (Fifth Amendment), impair fair trial rights (Sixth Amendment), deny jury trial (Seventh Amendment),…

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

    H.R. 2283: Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery Act

    …the Second Amendment, authorizes no search, seizure, or surveillance under the Fourth Amendment, and imposes no criminal process, punishment, or taking under the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendments. Participation by veterans is…

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

    Executive Order 14339: Additional Measures To Address the Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia

    …Third Amendment, nor excessive punishment under Eighth Amendment. Risk is Fourth Amendment-adjacent: expanded Park Police enforcement, deputized Guard under Title 32, and a standing national quick-reaction force increase the capacity for…

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

    Executive Order 14328: Establishing the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics

    …no quartering under Third Amendment, no search or seizure authorization under Fourth Amendment, no compelled testimony or takings under Fifth Amendment, no trial procedure change under Sixth and Seventh Amendments, no punishment under…

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

    Executive Order 14306: Sustaining Select Efforts To Strengthen the Nation's Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order 14144

    …No First Amendment speech restriction, no Second Amendment restriction, and no Fourth Amendment search or seizure of private effects without warrant is ordered. No restriction on private speech, belief, labor, property use, or private…

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

    H.R. 5587: HEATS Act

    …Amendment, and authorizes no search, seizure, or surveillance implicating the Fourth Amendment. It creates no compelled testimony implicating the Fifth Amendment self-incrimination clause. By leaving state historic-preservation and…

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

    S.Res. 852: A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

    …of soldiers (Third Amendment). It does not authorize searches or seizures (Fourth Amendment). It does not compel self-incrimination, deprive anyone of life, liberty, or property without due process, or take private property without just…

19. 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".

    …jury, punishment, or unenumerated rights. First Amendment, Second Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eighth Amendment and Ninth Amendment are not implicated. It removes a regulatory authorization rather than…

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

    H.R. 2069: Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025

    …of soldiers (Third Amendment); it does not authorize searches or seizures (Fourth Amendment); it does not compel self-incrimination or deprive of life, liberty, or property without due process (Fifth Amendment); it does not affect criminal…